Effect of attitudes, subjective norms and perceived control on nurses' intention to assess patients pain

Journal article


Nash, Robyn, Edwards, Helen and Nebauer, Monica Lydia. (1993). Effect of attitudes, subjective norms and perceived control on nurses' intention to assess patients pain. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 18(6), pp. 941 - 947. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18060941.x
AuthorsNash, Robyn, Edwards, Helen and Nebauer, Monica Lydia
Abstract

This study examines the underlying determinants of nurses’ behaviour regarding the conduct of pain assessments One hundred nurses in a variety of health care facilities were invited to complete an Attitude Intention Questionnaire based upon the theory of planned action which is an extension of the theory of reasoned action Results provide some support for the theory of planned action, as nurses’ intention to conduct pain assessment was shown to be predicted by attitude, subjective norms and perceived control, although the latter was the only variable to make an independent contribution to intention Additional support for the importance of perceived control was provided by the analysis of ‘intenders’ and ‘non-intenders’(to conduct pain assessments), as perceived control was the only variable which differed significantly between the groups The findings are consistent with earlier studies which showed that the variables in the theory of planned behaviour provided reasonably accurate predictions of behavioural intention.

Year1993
JournalJournal of Advanced Nursing
Journal citation18 (6), pp. 941 - 947
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN0309-2402
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18060941.x
Scopus EID2-s2.0-0027616925
Page range941 - 947
Research GroupSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Publisher's version
File Access Level
Controlled
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
Permalink -

https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/875wq/effect-of-attitudes-subjective-norms-and-perceived-control-on-nurses-intention-to-assess-patients-pain

Restricted files

Publisher's version

  • 101
    total views
  • 0
    total downloads
  • 5
    views this month
  • 0
    downloads this month
These values are for the period from 19th October 2020, when this repository was created.

Export as

Related outputs

The food here is tasteless! Food taste or tasteless food? :Chermosensory loss and the politics of under-nutrition
Wylie, Kim and Nebauer, Monica Lydia. (2011). The food here is tasteless! Food taste or tasteless food? :Chermosensory loss and the politics of under-nutrition. Collegian (print version). 18(1), pp. 27 - 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2010.03.002
The fragmented story of pain: A saga of economic discourse and lack of holistic assessment in the residential care of older people
Wylie, Kim and Nebauer, Monica Lydia. (2011). The fragmented story of pain: A saga of economic discourse and lack of holistic assessment in the residential care of older people. Collegian. 18(1), pp. 11 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2010.05.005
Educating nurses to practice complementary therapies in nursing settings: The experience of healing touch in Australia
Nebauer, Monica Lydia. (2003). Educating nurses to practice complementary therapies in nursing settings: The experience of healing touch in Australia. In Hyeoun-Ae Park (Ed.). 4th International Nursing Conference on Integration of Complementary and Alternative Therapies into Nursing. Seoul,Republic of Korea: Jungdam Publishing Co.. pp. 45 - 54