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- The study aimed to understand how patients in a Singapore hospital perceive nursing uniforms and their effect on nurse-patient interactions.
- Patients evaluated uniforms as symbols of identity but considered their suitability more important than their actual impact on interactions.
- Ultimately, patients felt that nurses' uniforms had little influence on how they interacted with nurses, highlighting the subjective nature of these perceptions.
Article Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore patients' perceptions toward the nursing uniforms used in a hospital in Singapore and how different uniforms impact nurse-patient interactions.
Background: Nursing uniforms act as a form of nonverbal communication. However, implications of the increasing variety of nursing uniforms on patients' perceptions of nurses and nurse-patient interactions are unexplored.
Methods: An exploratory qualitative study design using semistructured interviews was adopted for the study. Twenty-one patients agreed to be interviewed. An audio recorder was used during data collection. The thematic analysis method was used for data analysis.
Results: Four major themes were identified: identity, subjectivity, suitability, and inconsequential. Nurses' uniform was regarded as a representation of identity. Suitability of the uniform for nurses was a main concern for patients. However, nurses' uniforms were inconsequential to nurse-patient interactions.
Conclusion: Patients' perceptions of nurses' uniforms were highly subjective and have no substantial impact on nurse-patient interactions.
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