Research Catalog

Title

Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health science / Jean Watson.

Author

Watson, Jean, 1940-

Publication

New York : Springer Pub., c2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xv, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Dr. Watson and her colleagues have gathered all the available measurement instruments on caring in nursing in this book, along with discussion of their origins, development, and use. Nurse clinicians, educators, researchers, and managers will find this a valuable resource.--Amazon.com.

Subject

• Quality Indicators, Health Care
• Nurse-Patient Relations
• Nursing Care > standards
• Nursing Audit
• Nursing
• Caring
• Nursing Care

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-257) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview. Introduction: measuring caring -- Caring and nursing science: contemporary discourse -- Background for selection of caring instruments. Summary of each instrument for measuring caring. Care-Q and CARE/SAT (Larson and Larson & Ferketich; Swedish version by Von Essen) -- Caring Behaviors Inventory (Wolf) -- Caring Behaviors Assessment tool (Cronin & Harrison) -- Caring Behaviors of Nurses Scale (Hinds) -- Professional Caring Behaviors (Horner) -- Nyberg Caring Assessment (Attributes) Scale (Nyberg) -- Caring Ability Inventory (Nkongho) -- Caring Behavior Checklist and Client Perception of Caring (McDaniel) -- Caring Assessment Tools (Duffy) -- Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale and Organizational Climate for Caring Questionnnaire (Hughes) -- Caring Efficacy Scale (Coates) -- Holistic Caring Inventory (Latham) -- Caring Dimensions Inventory (Watson & Lea) -- Caring Attributes Professional Self-Concept Technological Influence (Arthur et al.) -- Caring Professional Scale (Swanson) -- Methodist Health Care System Nurse Caring Instrument (Shepherd & Sherwood et al.). Challenges and future directions. The evolution of measuring caring: moving toward construct validity -- Postscript: free thoughts on caring theories and instruments for measuring caring.

ISBN

0826123139

LCCN

^^2001041127

OCLC

47140660

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library