The Improvement of Nurses- Caring Character in Indonesia
Siti Nur Qomariah (a), Rita Rahmawati (a), Riski Dwi Prameswari (a, b), Abu Bakar (c*)
a) Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Gresik, A.R Hakim Road No.2B, Gresik, Indonesia
b) Magister Student Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo Road, C Campus, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
c) Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo Road, C Campus, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
* abu.bakar[at]fkp.unair.ac.id
Abstract
Nurses are the leading line of professional health care. Many studies of caring include factors that are influential or related, but there has been no intervention to improve the caring character of nurses. The purpose was to explain caring behaviour approach towards the improvement of nurses- caring character. This study was used Quasy-experiment design. Sample size of 100 nurses, cluster sampling in hospital of Gresik, Indonesia. Data collection used Caring Behaviour Inventory, then analyzed used Paired t-test and Independent t-test at significant level α ≤ 0.05. Results showed caring behaviour approach had significant influence improve the nurses- caring character. There were significant differences of nurses- caring character between two groups. Nurses- caring character should be supervised regularly to assess the performance of nurses, improve also maintain good caring behaviour.
Keywords: Caring Behaviour Approach; Caring Character; Nurses
Topic: Health and Medicine