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Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 14, No. 2, 162-180 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840708317058

Nurses' Attitudes About the Importance of Families in Nursing Care

A Survey of Swedish Nurses

Eva Benzein, PhD, RNT

Kalmar University, eva.benzein{at}hik.se

Pauline Johansson, RN

Kalmar University

Kristofer Franzén Årestedt, PhD, RN

Kalmar University

Britt-Inger Saveman, PhD, RNT, FEANS

Kalmar University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of registered nurses (RNs) about the importance of involving families in nursing care. A sample of 634 randomly selected Swedish RNs completed the instrument, Families' Importance in Nursing Care—Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA), and reported holding supportive attitudes about families. High scores were found for the subscales: family as a resource in nursing care, family as a conversational partner, family as a burden, and family as its own resource. Variables that predicted a less supportive attitude about involving families in nursing care included being a newly graduated nurse, having no general approach to the care of families at the place of work, and being a male nurse.

Key Words: attitudes of nurses about families • family nursing • survey research • Swedish nurses • nurse—family relationship


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