Relationship between nurses’ personality traits and esthetics of nursing care: a descriptive-correlational study
Abstract
Objective
The combination of science and art in nursing is essential for providing effective care. Since art is inherent and a part of human personality traits, it is believed that nurses’ personality traits are important to achieve this cohesive combination in nursing. Accordingly, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between nurses’ personality traits and the esthetics of nursing care.
Methods
A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed. Study participants that consisted of 95 nurses and 285 patients from health centers in Iran were selected by convenience sampling method. Measures included the five-factor personality questionnaires (NEO-FFI) scale and Esthetics of Nursing Care Scale (ENCS).
Results
The findings indicated a significant relationship between neuroticism (r = –0.149, P = 0.028) and extraversion traits (r = 0.136, P = 0.045) of nurses in esthetics nursing care. In this study, no significant relationship was found between the personality traits and esthetics of nursing care using nurses’ demographic information.
Conclusions
The esthetics of nursing care depends on nurse personality traits. Since the art of nursing complements the expected care, it is suggested that nursing managers pay attention to the personality traits of nurses in planning to provide effective care.
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