The purpose of this study was to find out the degree of therapeutic relationship between hospitalized patients and nurses to provide a foundation for the comprehensive nursing care with 110-nurses and 123 patients of a general hospital in
Taegu from August 16 to September 15, 1991.
The instrument used for thi study was the questionnaires based on Roger’s therapeutic relationship traits questions and revised by the researcher
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN The degree of nurses’ perceived therapeutic relationship by general characteristics revealed significantly high in the group above 35 years of age, having master, religion, and more clinical experiences, expecting retire, and
satisfying
toward nursing profession.
The degree of patient’s perception on therapeutic relationship by general characteristics was not significantly different except for hospitalized experiences.
In comparison of perception between the nurses and patients on the therapeutic relationship by ward, marrital ststus, and religion, the married nurses were significantly higher than the married patients.
In comparison of perception between nurses and patients on therapeutic relationship traits items, 3 items, including "patient’s reliability and dependency on nurse", "nurse s warmth and friendliness on patient", and "nurse’s generosity
on patient", were significantly higher in patients than nurses.
5 items, including "nurse’s empathy on patient’s pain", "respective nursing attitude on patient", "nurse" s attempt to accept patient’s options", "nurse’s attitude to perceive patient not disease group but creative person", and "supportive
nursing care o disclose himself", were significantly higher in nurses than patients.
6 items, including "clarified communication directed patient’s therapeutic regimen", "nurse’s acceptant attitude on patient", "nurse’s careful nursing behavior", "nurse" sufficient interest toward patient", "stability of nurse’spersonality", and "nurse’s sensitivity on patient’s responses", were of no significiant difference.
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