Abstract
BackgroundNowadays, patient rights, particularly receiving favorable health care based on modern knowledge, informed consent, and privacy, are important issues in health care delivery systems. Organizational learning is considered an important factor influencing health care quality and patient rights. However, there is little evidence regarding this issue.ObjectiveThe present study was conducted to explore the role of organizational learning in patient rights from clinical nurses’ viewpoint.DesignThis qualitative study was conducted through conventional content analysis. In total, 18 nurses who met the inclusion criteria participated in this study through purposive sampling with maximum variation. Data were gathered through 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, which continued until data saturation was achieved. Data collection also included constant and simultaneous comparative analyses.ResultsData analysis led to four major themes: conservation of patient safety, providing favorable care, being the patient's advocate, and informing the patients. All the participants believed that organizational learning could play a vital role in respecting patient rights and interests.ConclusionsParticipants believed that their efforts to conduct organizational learning, tried to improve respecting the patient rights via conservation of patient safety, trying to improve quality of care, being an advocate, and informing the patient. It would be appreciable if nursing managers honored the commitment of the nurses for learning, highlight their role as defenders of patient rights, and encourage them to initiate organizational learning.
Highlights
Patient rights are the rules of communication between patients, health professionals, and health services [1]
The World Medical Association (WMA) published the first international document about patient rights in 1981, and new notifications were published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and WMA [2]
This bill stipulates that receiving favorable health services is the patient’s right, and offering health services should be based on modern knowledge and highlight patient’s interests [5]
Summary
Patient rights are the rules of communication between patients, health professionals, and health services [1]. Developing patient rights, which was announced to all medical sciences universities throughout the country in December 2009 [4], is one of the activities conducted in this context This bill stipulates that receiving favorable health services is the patient’s right, and offering health services should be based on modern knowledge and highlight patient’s interests [5]. Conclusions: Participants believed that their efforts to conduct organizational learning, tried to improve respecting the patient rights via conservation of patient safety, trying to improve quality of care, being an advocate, and informing the patient. It would be appreciable if nursing managers honored the commitment of the nurses for learning, highlight their role as defenders of patient rights, and encourage them to initiate organizational learning
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