Keywords

Self-Assessment of the Interpersonal Relationship Scale, SAIRS, pyschiatric nursing

Abstract

The nurse-patient relationship is the basis of psychiatric nursing. The use of self defines nursing as an interactive, exploratory, caring, and health promoting process. No tool has been developed to determine specific areas for competency building using the principles of developing an interpersonal relationship. The specific aims of the study were two-fold: establish the reliability and validity of the Self-Assessment of the Interpersonal Relationship Scale (SAIRS) and determine the ability of SAIRS to measure student nurses development of interpersonal competencies with patients.

Original Publication Citation

K. S. Dearing, S. Steadman, (29). Psychometric Properties of the Self-Assessment of the Interpersonal Relationship Scale.