Influence of personality on care quality of hospital nurses

Ching I. Teng*, Kuang Hung Hsu, Ruey Cherng Chien, Hao Yuan Chang

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Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between hospital nurse personality and care quality in Taiwan. Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to data for 192 pairs of nurses and patients. Analytical results are as follows: (1) nurse openness was positively correlated with patient perceptions of responsiveness and (2) nurse neuroticism was negatively correlated with patient perceptions of responsiveness, assurance, and empathy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)358-364
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Nursing Care Quality
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 2007

Keywords

  • Hierarchical regression
  • Hospital nurses
  • Nursing care quality
  • Personality

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