Date of Completion

2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Patient Care, Communication Skills

Abstract

This descriptive correlational study examined student nurses' communication abilities and patient care behaviors. In this study, the researchers utilized two sampling techniques such as stratified random sampling and simple random technique. The study's respondents were nursing students in their 2nd - 4th year at De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, respectively in consideration of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study instrument was based on Joyce Travelbee's Human-to-Human theory and Jean Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring and consisted of three parts: the respondents' demographic data, the 25-item questionnaire regarding the Nursing Student's Communication Skills, and the 40-item questionnaire regarding the Nursing Student's Caring Behaviors. Moreover, the researchers ensured that all ethical principles were observed and adhered to in every aspect of the study.Based on the foregoing findings, the following conclusions were drawn: 1. Most of the respondents are female, from Level II, and belonging to the Tagalog ethnolinguistic group. 2. The nursing students of DLSMHSI are very skilled in all of the five domains described in the Human-to-Human Relationship Theory, namely “original encounter, emerging identities, sympathy, empathy, and rapport”, demonstrating a high perception and confidence in their communication skills. 3. There is no significant difference in the perceived communication skills of the nursing students when grouped according to sex and year level except in ethnolinguistic groups. Among the ethnolinguistic groups, it was the Bicolanos who had comparable perceived communication skills as it exhibited significant differences compared with the other groups excluding Warays and Kapampangans. This may have been affected by the few respondents from each group compared to the majority counted under the Tagalog group. 4. In terms of perceived patient care behaviors, the nursing students exhibited to be very skilled in their perceived patient care behaviors in all the ten carative factors under the Theory of Transpersonal Caring. The majority of them are very skilled when it comes to patient care behaviors as they were honed starting from their first year to apply the fundamentals and theoretical knowledge into practice while also considering the aspects revolving around humanities and social sciences. 5. Only the ethnolinguistic group showed a significant difference in terms of patient care behaviors. 6. Fostering good interpersonal relations with their patients through effective communication may improve the confidence and competence of nursing students when caring for their patients as exhibited by the positive relationship between communication skills and patient care behaviors.

First Advisor

Alely S. Reyes

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