Comparison of Nursing Care Perceptions between Patients who had Surgical Operation and Nurses who Provided Care to those Patients

Aim: This descriptive study which was conducted in the surgical clinics of a university hospital in Gaziantep/Turkey aims to compare care perceptions of patients who had surgical operation and those of nurses. Method: The participants were 379 patients and 70 nurses who provided care to those patients. The data were collected using Identification Form and CBI-24 (Caring Behaviours Inventory-24). Result: It was determined that CBI-24 total average of score of patients (5.08±0.97) is significantly lower than nurses (5.28±0.45) in statistical sense (p=0.05). It was found that patients’ sub-dimension scores for knowledge and skill 5.13±1.0, being respectful 4,97±1,03, are lower than scores of nurses and the difference between them is at significantly high level in statistical sense (respectively p<0.001 and p=0.002). Conclusion: It was determined that level of patients’ perception of nursing care is lower than those of nurses. It was observed that nursing care is influenced from characteristics of patients and nurses.