Trust and trustworthiness in nursing: an argument-based literature review

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DİNÇ L., Gastmans C.

NURSING INQUIRY, vol.19, no.3, pp.223-237, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00582.x
  • Journal Name: NURSING INQUIRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.223-237
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

DINC L and GASTMANS C. Nursing Inquiry 2012; 19: 223-237 Trust and trustworthiness in nursing: an argument-based literature review Caring requires nurses to establish trusting relationships with patients and to be trustworthy professionals. This article provides insight into the conceptual understanding of trust and trustworthiness in nursing through an argument-based literature review of 17 articles published between 1980 and 2010. Trust is characterized as an attitude relying with confidence on someone. The importance of trust relationships is considered by addressing the imbalances of power in nursepatient relationships as they increase the vulnerability and dependency of the truster. Trust is considered as a process, and time, reliance on others, risk and fragility are identified as basic attributes of trust. However, trustworthiness is inadequately explored in the nursing ethics literature. Nurse educators have a responsibility to ensure that nurses are equipped with the attitudes and knowledge that are needed to establish trusting nursepatient relationships.