Objective: To determine nurses' caring attributes and professionalism..
Methods: The descriptive study was conducted between January and July 2015 in two university hospitals in two Turkish cities and located in two state hospitals belonging to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey. Data was gathered using nurse introduction form, caring behaviours inventory-24 and the inventory of professionalattitude at occupation. Data was analysed using SPSS 16.0.
Results: Of the 360 subjects, 316(87.8%) were female and 177(49.2%) worked in intensive care units. The overall mean age was 30.83}8.02 years. The mean CBI-24 score was 5.20}0.6, and the mean IPAO score 137.39}16.29. A statistically significant difference was found among caring behaviours point average and the institution, age, workexperience, clinic where they worked and their working position (p<0.05 each). Institutional work environmentaffected professional attitude of nurses (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Nurses' caring attributes and professional levels were high..
Keywords: Nurse, Nursing care, Quality, Professionalism, Professional attitude.