Date of Award
1-1-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Nursing
School
School of Nursing
Faculty
Faculty of Health and Human Sciences
First Supervisor
Professor Anne McMurray
Second Supervisor
Dr Susan Nikoletti
Abstract
Patient teaching is integral in the provision of an effective health care service. Registered nurses in all settings, have a professional responsibility to contribute towards their clients’ health promotion and maintenance by providing those clients with the health education they require. This study investigated the patient teaching intentions and behaviours of 181 registered nurses employed in acute medical and surgical settings at three metropolitan hospitals in Perth Western Australia. Within the framework of Ajzen and Fishbein’s (1980) theory of reasoned action, the study examined the relationships between registered nurses’ intentions to teach patients, their patient teaching behaviours and selected factors that have been associated with enhancing or hindering nurses in carrying out their patient teaching. One of the aims of the study was to examine the relationship between registered nurses’ patient teaching behaviours and intentions and their attitudinal and normative beliefs about patient teaching
Recommended Citation
Mullins, I. R. (1995). An examination of selected factors associated with nurses' behaviour and intentions related to patient teaching. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1163