Relationship between individualized care perception and innovativeness among final-year nursing students

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Healthcare Innovation
• Patient-Centered Care

Background:

• Individualized care (IC) is crucial for quality nursing practice.
• Understanding factors influencing IC perception among students is important for future healthcare professionals.
• Innovativeness may play a role in how nurses adopt and deliver personalized patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the association between nursing students' perceptions of individualized care (IC) and their level of innovativeness.
• To identify if innovativeness influences the perception of IC among final-year nursing students.

Main Methods:

• An analytical study involving 230 final-year nursing students.
• Data collected via a student information form, including the Individualized Care Scale (ICS)-nurse version and an individual innovativeness scale.
• Statistical analyses included descriptive, comparative, correlational, and stepwise regression.

Main Results:

• Nursing students reported high perceptions of IC and an early majority level of innovativeness.
• A positive correlation was found between higher innovativeness and increased IC perceptions.
• Individual innovativeness was a significant predictor of increased IC perception in regression analysis.

Conclusions:

• Findings suggest a link between innovativeness and the ability to perceive and potentially deliver individualized care.
• Educational strategies focusing on both IC and innovativeness are recommended for nursing students.
• Developing innovative thinking may enhance nursing students' capacity for patient-centered, individualized care.