A 35-item version of the caring dimensions inventory (CDI-35): multivariate analysis and application to a longitudinal study involving student nurses

Authors
Watson, R Deary, IJ Hoogbruin, AL
Citation
R. Watson et al., A 35-item version of the caring dimensions inventory (CDI-35): multivariate analysis and application to a longitudinal study involving student nurses, INT J NURS, 38(5), 2001, pp. 511-521
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
ISSN journal
00207489 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
511 - 521
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7489(200110)38:5<511:A3VOTC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The present study was designed to investigate the perceptions of caring amo ng student nurses and how these develop throughout the course of a programm e of pre-registration nurse education. A 35-item version of the caring dime nsions inventory was administered to a cohort of nursing students in a depa rtment of nursing in Scotland at entry to the programme, after 12 months an d after 24 months on the programme. Caring was largely perceived through a technical dimension, demonstrated by factor analysis, but other dimensions such as intimacy, support and unnecessary and inappropriate aspects of nurs ing also became apparent as students progressed through the programme. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.