Comparing feeling of competence regarding humanistic caring in Belgian nurses and nursing students: A comparative cross‐sectional study conducted in a French Belgian teaching hospital
Dan Lecocq,
Philippe Delmas,
Matteo Antonini,
Hélène Lefebvre,
Martine Laloux,
Amélie Beghuin,
Chantal Van Cutsem,
Aurélia Bustillo,
Magali Pirson
Affiliations
Dan Lecocq
Centre de recherche en économie de la santé, gestion des institutions de soins et sciences infirmières Ecole de santé publique Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium
Philippe Delmas
Centre de recherche en économie de la santé, gestion des institutions de soins et sciences infirmières Ecole de santé publique Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium
Matteo Antonini
La Source School of Nursing HES‐SO University of Applied Sciences Western Lausanne Switzerland
Hélène Lefebvre
Faculté des sciences infirmières Université de Montréal Montreal QC Canada
Martine Laloux
Centre de recherche en économie de la santé, gestion des institutions de soins et sciences infirmières Ecole de santé publique Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium
Amélie Beghuin
School of Nursing Haute Ecole Libre de Bruxelles Ilya Prigogine Brussels Belgium
Chantal Van Cutsem
Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Hôpital Erasme Brussels Belgium
Aurélia Bustillo
Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Hôpital Erasme Brussels Belgium
Magali Pirson
Centre de recherche en économie de la santé, gestion des institutions de soins et sciences infirmières Ecole de santé publique Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium
Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to describe and compare feeling of competence regarding humanistic caring in Registered Nurses (RN) and nursing students (NS). Design A quantitative comparative cross‐sectional research design was used. Methods A convenience sample of 196 RN and 47 NS in a teaching hospital in Belgium completed a self‐administered questionnaire composed of a sociodemographic survey and the Caring Nurse‐Patient Interactions Scale (CNPI‐23) developed by Cossette et al. Results The four dimensions of the CNPI‐23 were compared using the Skillings–Mack test. Both groups scored higher on “humanistic” and “comforting” than on “clinical” and “relational” care and both scored lowest on this last dimension. Linear regressions showed that none of the variables had a statistically significant influence on the CNPI‐23 scores, except for NS “state of health,” which influenced their feeling of competence regarding “relational care.”
