RT journal article
T1 The relationship between characteristics of nurses and their attitude toward nursing diagnosis: a cluster analysis
A1 Romero Sánchez, José Manuel
A1 Paloma Castro, Olga
A1 Dueñas Rodríguez, María Ángeles
A1 Paramio-Cuevas, Juan Carlos
A1 Pastor Montero, Sonia
A1 Frandsen, Anna
A1 O'Ferrall González, Cristina Adelaida
A1 Gabaldón Bravo, Eva
A1 González-Domínguez, María Eugenia
A1 Castro Yuste, Cristina María
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
A2 Estadística e Investigación Operativa
K1 Nursing diagnosis
K1 attitude of health personnel
K1 cluster analysis
K1 professional practice
K1 Spain
AB Aims and objectivesTo classify a sample of nurses into groups with similar attitude towards nursing diagnosis (ND), using the cluster analysis method, to explore differences in the characteristics between the identified profile groups. The characteristics tested included sociodemographic and professional aspects, and the degree of contact with ND.MethodsA cross-sectional explorative design was used in a convenience sample of 548 registered nurses (RNs) was recruited through snowball sampling between the contacts of collaborators of the research group. It was used the Nursing Diagnosis Scale (PND): a 20-item scale that uses the semantic differential method to assess attitudes towards ND.Descriptive statistics were used to summarise data. A hierarchical cluster analysis was employed to categorise the participants into mutually exclusive clusters with similar attitude profiles based on their responses to the 20 items of the PND.ResultsA three-cluster solution was considered the most suitable. Clusters 1, 2 and 3 comprise RNs with positive, neutral and negative attitudes towards ND, respectively.ConclusionRNs who work in the management field show a better attitude. The increasing awareness of the Spanish managers regarding the benefits of the use of ND in practice could be related to this finding. Contact with ND appears to be a common factor among nurses with positive attitudes; the greater the interaction with ND by nurses, the better the attitudes.
PB Wiley
SN 1365-2702
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31033
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31033
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-nov-2026