| Items | Recognition (a) | Practical situation (b) | |||||||
| MFP | SD | 95%CI | "Number of people who answered Strongly agree, n (%)" | MFP | SD | 95%CI | "Number of people who answered Strongly agree, n (%)" | p | |
| Factor 1: Training of nurses to provide optimal care. | 4.52 | 0.54 | 3.48 | 0.54 | *** | ||||
| Q17: Nurses should provide the best nursing care for patients. | 4.63 | 0.71 | 4.55-4.71 | 221(72) | 3.36 | 0.72 | 3.28-3.44 | 8(3) | |
| Q19: Nurses should continue to consider better care by reflecting on their process of care. | 4.66 | 0.67 | 4.58-4.73 | 224(73) | 3.54 | 0.67 | 3.46-3.61 | 8(3) | |
| Q21: Nurses should develop themselves through caring in nursing. | 4.57 | 0.68 | 4.50-4.65 | 200(65) | 3.67 | 0.74 | 3.59-3.75 | 25(8) | |
| Q20: Nurses should support patients in order to fulfill patients’ hopes and desires. | 4.27 | 0.79 | 4.18-4.36 | 137(44) | 3.36 | 0.67 | 3.28-3.44 | 4(1) | |
| Q18: Nurses should behave in ways to can gain the trust of patients. | 4.64 | 0.70 | 4.56-4.72 | 223(72) | 3.59 | 0.71 | 3.51-3.67 | 15(5) | |
| Q23: Nurses should communicate their learned experiences of caring for patients with their colleagues and nursing students, and share with them. | 4.24 | 0.82 | 4.15-4.33 | 131(43) | 3.27 | 0.87 | 3.17-3.36 | 10(3) | |
| Q16: Nurses should care for patients considering time and situation. | 4.63 | 0.69 | 4.55-4.71 | 220(71) | 3.56 | 0.80 | 3.47-3.65 | 21(7) | |
| Factor 2: Empirical knowledge and knowing the whole person. | 4.51 | 0.56 | 3.23 | 0.58 | *** | ||||
| Q4: Nurses should be knowledgeable of anatomy and physiology. | 4.66 | 0.67 | 4.59-4.74 | 227(74) | 3.03 | 0.88 | 2.93-3.13 | 3(1) | |
| Q5: Nurses should be knowledgeable of clinical pharmacology. | 4.44 | 0.69 | 4.37-4.52 | 162(53) | 2.74 | 0.88 | 2.64-2.84 | 2(1) | |
| Q6: Nurses should be well-versed in the state-of-the-art of medical devices in their department. | 4.53 | 0.71 | 4.45-4.61 | 190(62) | 2.98 | 0.87 | 2.88-3.07 | 4(1) | |
| Q10: Nurses should understand patients as whole and complete persons. | 4.55 | 0.74 | 4.46-4.63 | 200(65) | 3.41 | 0.74 | 3.33-3.49 | 12(4) | |
| Q9: Nurses should respect patients as unique individuals. | 4.62 | 0.73 | 4.54-4.70 | 221(72) | 3.86 | 0.70 | 3.78-3.94 | 45(15) | |
| Q7: Nurses should empathize with what patients are experiencing. | 4.25 | 0.75 | 4.17-4.34 | 124(40) | 3.35 | 0.71 | 3.27-3.43 | 8(3) | |
| Factor 3: Utilization of information obtained from technology and continuously knowing. | 4.06 | 0.74 | 3.49 | 0.66 | *** | ||||
| Q2: Nurses should understand the condition of their patients based on information acquired from technology. (R) | 4.06 | 0.82 | 3.97-4.15 | 98(32) | 3.49 | 0.72 | 3.41-3.57 | 8(3) | |
| Q1: Nurses should assess patient's condition from information acquired using technology. | 3.93 | 0.86 | 3.83-4.03 | 85(28) | 3.49 | 0.74 | 3.40-3.57 | 10(3) | |
| Q3: Nurses should share patient information acquired from technology to effectively illustrate team medical care. | 4.18 | 0.81 | 4.09-4.27 | 116(38) | 3.48 | 0.73 | 3.40-3.57 | 11(4) | |
| Factor 4: Intentional and ethical nursing of persons. | 4.74 | 0.44 | 3.99 | 0.66 | *** | ||||
| Q13: It is ineffective for nurses to intentionally attempt to communicate with unconscious patients for the purpose of resuscitating them.(R) | 4.68 | 0.62 | 4.61-4.75 | 232(75) | 4.31 | 0.72 | 4.23-4.39 | 140(45) | |
| Q15: It is not important for nurses to encourage patients by touching their body.(R) | 4.72 | 0.62 | 4.65-4.79 | 244(79) | 4.10 | 0.78 | 4.02-4.19 | 102(33) | |
| Q12: When patients lose their physical functions, their human value also decline.(R) | 4.66 | 0.70 | 4.58-4.74 | 237(77) | 3.41 | 1.16 | 3.28-3.54 | 62(20) | |
| Q14: Nurses are not required to respect the privacy of unconscious patients. (R) | 4.91 | 0.39 | 4.87-4.96 | 289(94) | 4.15 | 0.84 | 4.06-4.25 | 116(38) | |