ABSTRACT

Background: Nurse that able to develop positive relationships with client scan help reduce uncertainty that are directly related to high emotional distress, anxiety and depression because it provides an opportunity to develop alliances, communication, and acceptance.

Aim: The purpose of this research is analyze the influence of nurse’s interpersonal relationship toward uncertainty in patient's ward.

Methods: This research use analytical design with cross sectional approach and involves 40 respondents of all clients that in the ward procedure using simple random sampling technique. Research conducted in the ward installation in General Hospital sidoarjo, starting from may until july 2018.The independent variable of this research is the nurse’s interpersonal relationship while the dependent variable is the uncertainty in ward patient.

Results: The results showed that nurse’s interpersonal relationships in the favourable criteria (52.4%) and uncertainty in the ward patient in the moderate high level (50%). Results of regression analysis showed the value of probablity (sig.) 0.000is smaller than the value of alpha(a) (0.05) that mean there is significant influence between nurses’s interpersonal relationship toward uncertainty in ward patient's with the model of regression is, uncertainty(y) = 96.316-2,231 x interpersonal relationship (x). Percentage of the influence of nurses’s interpersonal relationship toward uncertainty is 38,9%.

Conclusion: of this research stated there is significant influence between nurses’s interpersonal relationship toward uncertainty inperioperative patient's family with the model of regression is, uncertainty(y) = 96.316-2,231 x interpersonal relationship(x).

Keywords : Ward nursing, interpersonal relationship, uncertainly