The cultural attitudes of nurses and the analysis of the interactive relation between the nurse and the patient

Abstract

Aim: This study was aim to determine the effects of nurses’ cultural approach on the patient care, to reveal the relation betweenthe nurse and the patient, and to determine the factors that affect this relation.Material and Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a hospital. 300 nurses participated in the study.Multicultural Attitude Scale and Care Oriented Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale were used to obtain data that was collectedbetween March 2016 and June 2016. Descriptive statistics and independence t-test corelation were used to analyse the data.Result: The attitudes and behaviors of the nurses concerning care oriented nurse-patient interaction are positive (significanceis 297.4±56.9, sufficiency is 284.8±60.7, and practicality is 281.3±70.7); however, it was found that the cultural attitudes ofthe nurses were not positive. The relation between total sufficiency and practicality points of curing oriented nurse-patientinteraction scale and multiculturalism attitude scale were evaluated as positive and medium level (r:0.248, p