Altruism, the values dimension of caring self‑efficacy concept in Iranian pediatric nurses
نویسندگان
1 Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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3 Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
4 Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
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چکیده
Background: Self‑efficacy is the most influential among factors affecting nurses’ performance.Yet, understanding of the constituent elements of the caring self‑efficacy concept was notconsidered. This study was to introduce altruism as one of the main aspects of caringself‑efficacy in pediatric nurses. Materials and Methods: This is part of a larger study on theconcept of caring self‑efficacy conducted with qualitative content analysis approach in Iran.Participants included 27 clinical pediatric nurses and instructors, selected purposively. Data werecollected using semi‑structured interviews and analyzed using conventional content analysismethod. Results: Theme “altruism” as one of the main themes extracted from the analysis ofthe interviews in this study. This theme includes two main categories of “humanistic care” and“caring attitude.” Conclusions: This paper introduces altruism as one of the values aspects ofcaring self‑efficacy in pediatric nurses. Efficient nurse with features Humanistic care, throughthe provision of maternal care and family‑centered care and caring attitudes resulting fromreligious beliefs and loving children to care for the children.
