Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the individualized nursing care perceptions of patients and nurses and to examine the differences between them.

Methods: The data of this descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative study were obtained from 102 patients and 102 nurses who agreed to participate in the study after informing, in the Internal Diseases and Surgery Units in a university hospital. Information Form and Individualized Care Scale-B (ICS-B) Nurse and Patient versions were used to collect the data. In the data assessment, percentage, mean, independent samples t-test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the SPSS 16.0 package program.

Results: The patients’ ICSB total mean score was 4.52±0.62, while the nurses’ ICSB total mean score was 4.24±0.62. Individuality perception in care was found to be statistically significantly higher in the patients compared to the nurses’ perception on individualized patient care for these patients (p˂0.01). Also, it was determined that the item mean score of the Decision-making Control subscale was statistically significantly higher in the nurses with postgraduate education compared to the other graduates (p≤0.01).

Conclusion: It was observed that the patients perceived the nursing care offered to them as highly individualized way and thus they were satisfied with nursing care, while the nurses perceived the nursing care they provided to these patients in an individualized way.