Critical care nurses' attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates

This descriptive correlational study was designed to determine if there was a relationship between critical care nurses attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates. The researcher developed a questionnaire for data collection. The convenience sample was comprised of 39 critical care nurses who were members of a local chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The hypothesis was not supported (r =.28, p $>$.05). However, there were additional findings that revealed several significant differences in mean scores. Master's prepared nurses had a significantly more positive attitude about patient autonomy (p =.01). Those respondents in the 36-40 and 41-45 year age categories (p =.04), those with a master's degree (p =.03), and those who had a living will (p =.03), showed a significantly greater willingness to act as a patient advocate.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master in Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Pamela G.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hughes, Oneida

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Nieswiadomy, Rose
• Johnson-Russell, Judy

• Nursing
• Health and environmental sciences

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/12964

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/12964