J Nurs Acad Soc.
1977 Jun;7(1):10-19.
A study on Trust Level of Nurses
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- 1Department of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.
Abstract
- Trust is an essential factor in human relations, as it enables man to accept and also disclose self. Today's health care demands nursing personnel with high level of trust. This study was designed and carried out in May through June, 1976 to measure the level of trust on nurses through the trust scale of Nurses (TS-N) made by Kenneth et al. and the Parent Inventory made by Radke and to provide data for management of nursing personnel. 150 junior nursing students, 164 professional nurses from 5 universities and their medical centers and 55 nurse-educators from 8 baccalaureate nursing programs in Seoul were ran-dommly sampled. Results are as follows ; 1. The rank order of the level of trust revealed that nurseeducators the highest and nursing students the lowest. 2. The level of trust revealed to be influenced by the relationship with parents at the early stages of life ; Group who appeared to have shared intimacy with their parents were the highest. 3. Factors such as ; number of siblings and birth order among them, religious affilation, parental presence revealed to have had no influence on the level of trust in all theree group. 4. No significant difference were revealed between the group who had put their names down on the questionaire and the others. 5. Clinical specialities of practice revealed to have no significant influence on trust in nurses, 6. Narital status revealed to have significant influence; in nurses and nurse-educators , the ma- ther rried re vealed to have significantly higher level of trust, (difference by Recommendations ; 1. A study on trust level of patients and Nurses in Nurse - patient. Relationship. 2. A longitudinal study to investigate the influence of Nursing education on the development of trust in Nurses are recommended. 3. A comparative study on trust level of students of Nursing & non - Nursing major.