patients and nursing students’ viewpoints on the importance of caring behaviors in a hospital affiliated to shahrekord university of medical sciences in iran

Background: effective caring depends on the agreement between patients and nurses’ care behaviors. objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate patients and nursing students’ viewpoints about the importance of caring behaviors in a hospital affiliated to shahrekord university of medical sciences in iran. methods: in this descriptive and analytic study, 50 patients and 50 nurses were selected using the convenience sampling method. data were collected by the larson questionnaire. this self-report questionnaire was completed by the patients and students, and then the data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics in spss. results: the patients considered availability, education, and communication as the most important caring behaviors in caring, while the nursing students deemed comfort and convenience, appropriate communication, and monitoring and follow-up as the most significant behaviors in caring. nursing students and patients’ viewpoints were not in agreement in the most important and relatively most important caring behaviors (p > 0.05). however, their viewpoints concorded regarding insignificant caring behaviors (p > 0.05). conclusions: based on the results of this study, further attention should be focused on patient needs in clinical nursing students’ education is necessary.