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Relationship of Hospitalized Elders’ Perceptions of Nurse Caring Behaviors, Type of Care Unit, Satisfaction With Nursing Care, and Health Outcome of Functional Status Marlene Melchiorre Dey, PhD, APN, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC, Elite Medical Care

13. What types of questionnaires or surveys were used in this research study?

a. The authors developed the Caring Behaviors Inventory for Elders (CBI-E).

b. The authors developed their own questions to ask about demographic information.

c. Interviews were reportedly used, but the author does not explain what was included in them.

d. The authors developed their own questions to assess functional status.

Answer 1

13) The correct option is A)

The CBI-E is the only instrument to measure elders’ perceptions of nurse caring, therefore its use for this study was appropriate. The instrument was developed with elders in mind to measure both nurses’ and elders’ perceptions of nurse caring. The instrument has two parts, one for nurses’ perceptions, and another for elders’ perceptions. For the purpose of this study, the part of the instrument related to elders’ perceptions of nurse caring was used since nurses’ perceptions of their own caring behaviors were not being studied.