The effect of presentation in nursing training on nurses working in oncology on patient-nurse interactions and care behaviors with patients

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of "The Training of Presence in Care" of nurses working with oncology patients on care-oriented patient-nurse interaction and caring behaviors. Method: This is a randomized controlled study. The population of the study consisted of 59 nurses working in oncology clinics. The sample selection consisted of 52 nurses working with oncology patients, 26 interventions and 26 controls in accordance with the criteria of inclusion, exclusion and exemption by randominization and blinding. The data were collected by using the "Nurses Introductory Features Form", "Caring Behaviors Scale-24" and "Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale". The training was applied to nurses in the intervention group. Results: According to the control group of nurses in the intervention group, there were no statistically significant differences in the mean scores of caring behaviors at different measurement times (p|>0.05). A statistically significant difference was found in favor of the intervention group for caring nursing patient interaction general, sub-dimensions of impotance, competence and feasibility in nursing interventions (p|<0.05). Although the pretest mean scores of the nurses in the intervention group were lower compared to the control group, it was found that the posttest mean scores increased and the level of follow-up was maintained by a little increasing or decreasing. It was determined that there was no significant change in the posttest and follow-up scores of the nurses in the control group according to the pre-test mean scores (p|>0.05). Result: This study showed that the the training has a positive effect on nurses working with oncology patients with respect to care quality perception and viewing importance, competence and feasibility of attitude and behaviours related to care-focused patient nurse interactions. In this context, it can be suggested to continue the trainings which will contribute to caring behaviors and patient-nurse interactions of nurses and to support them with institutional contribution. Keywords: caring behaviours, patient- nurse interaction, oncology nursing, presence