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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2014 Jan-Feb;63(1):3–13. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000012

Table 3.

Counts and percentages of interaction behaviors by observation and for the total sample

Observation
Total
1 2 3 4
Positive Nurse Behaviors- n (%)
Sharing 9 (23) 8 (21) 7 (18) 11 (29) 35 (23)
Praising 12 (32) 15 (40) 19 (50) 13 (34) 59 (39)
Visual Contact 30 (79) 33 (87) 34 (90) 34 (90) 131 (86)
Proximity with Speech 35 (92) 35 (92) 37 (97) 36 (95) 143 (94)
Physical Contact 17 (45) 17 (45) 18 (47) 20 (53) 72 (47)
Social Politeness 29 (76) 29 (76) 25 (66) 29 (76) 112 (74)
Preparatory Information 12 (32) 14 (37) 10 (26) 14 (37) 50 (33)
Expanded Preparatory Information 8 (21) 6 (16) 1 (3) 2 (5) 17 (11)
Preparatory Information with Delayed Action 3 (8) 4 (11) 4 (11) 5 (13) 16 (11)
Expanded Preparatory Information with Delayed Action 1 (3) 5 (13) 1 (3) 1 (3) 8 (5)
Smiling 6 (16) 8 (21) 10 (26) 11 (29) 35 (23)
Modeling 0 (0) 2 (5) 0 (0) 2 (5) 4 (3)
Laughing 5 (13) 6 (16) 9 (24) 8 (21) 28 (18)
Augments 22 (58) 26 (68) 29 (76) 33 (87) 110 (72)

Negative Nurse Behaviors- n (%)
Disapproving 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Yelling 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Ignoring 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Positive Patient Behaviors- n (%)
Acceptance 27 (71) 23 (61) 25 (66) 22 (58) 97 (64)
Instruction Following 33 (87) 33 (87) 34 (90) 30 (79) 130 (86)
Visual Contact 19 (50) 16 (42) 17 (45) 19 (50) 71 (47)
Physical Contact 3 (8) 2 (5) 3 (8) 1 (3) 9 (6)
Request 11 (29) 15 (40) 12 (32) 12 (32) 50 (33)
Smiling 8 (21) 6 (16) 8 (21) 8 (21) 30 (20)
Maintaining Attention 19 (50) 17 (45) 19 (50) 19 (50) 74 (49)
Laughing 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (5) 3 (8) 5 (3)
Praising 0 (0) 3 (8) 1 (3) 2 (5) 6 (4)

Negative Patient Behaviors- n (%)
Disagreement 2 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (1)
Disgust 2 (5) 0 (0) 1 (2.6) 0 (0) 3 (2)
Ignoring 3 (8) 0 (0) 2 (5) 1 (3) 6 (4)