Table 3: Nursing Assistants’ Caregiving Self Perceptions who answered “agree and strongly agree” (N = 73).

Nursing Assistants’ Caregiving Reactions	n	%
*17. Caring for him/her makes me feel good	66	90.4
*20. Caring for him/her is important to me	66	90.4
*23. I enjoy caring for him/her	65	89.1
*1. I feel privileged to care for him/her	64	87.7
*15. I have enough physical strength to care for him/her	64	87.6
*19. I am healthy enough to care for him/her	63	86.3
*3. My knowledge is adequate to being a nursing assistant	61	83.5
*9. I really want to care for him/her	57	78.1
4. My activities are centered around care of him/her	55	75.4
*13. My co- workers come together at caring for him/her	53	72.7
*12. I can do a better job for him/her	32	43.9
14. I have eliminated things from my schedule since being a nursing assistant.	32	43.8
11. I visit family and friends less since I have been a nursing assistant	27	37
18. The constant interruptions make it difficult to find time for relaxation	27	37.0
2. Others have dumped caring for him/her onto me	21	28.7
10. My health has gotten worse since I've been a nursing assistant	20	27.4
5. Since caring for him/her, it seems like I'm tired all of the time	18	24.6
6. It is very difficult to get help from my co-workers in taking care of him/her	13	17.8
8. I have to stop in the middle of work	13	17.8
22. My co-workers left me alone to care for him/her	8	10.9
7. I resent having to take care of him/her	4	5.4
16. Since caring for him/her, I feel my co-workers did not help me	3	4.1

*indicate positive reactions.