Investigation on nursing needs of new-coming inpatients based on the double vision of nurses and inpatients

Abstract

Objective To explore the differences between new inpatients ’ nursing needs and nurses ’ cognition, so as to adjust nursing behaviors and improve nursing quality .Methods Self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate 400 new inpatients and 317 nurses.Results The average value of total score , service attitude, technical operation, responsibility, health education, life nursing, professional nursing, procedure introduction and disease explanation was （7.76 ±177;1.48）,（7.83 ±177;0.78）,（8.45 ±177;0.90）,（9.11 ±177;0.67）, （6.05 ±177;1.88）,（6.50 ±177;1.18）,（8.05 ±177;1.07）,（7.93 ±177;1.31）,（8.15 ±177;0.88） for new inpatients, and （6.35 ±177;2.31）,（9.30 ±177;0.68）,（6.10 ±177;1.24）,（8.50 ±177;0.87）,（4.20 ±177;1.42）,（3.55 ±177;1.44）,（8.28 ±177; 0.84）,（5.15 ±177;1.49）,（5.74 ±177;1.21） for nurses.The differences were statistically significant （ t=27.885,-26.724,28.207,10.226,14.959,29.454, -3.278,26.130,29.763, respectively; P ＜0.01）.New inpatients ’ nursing needs , in order of importance , were responsibility , technical operation , disease explanation , professional nursing , procedure introduction , service attitude , life nursing and health education .And nurses ’ cognition of their needs , in order of importance , were service attitude , responsibility , professional nursing , technical operation , disease explanation , procedure introduction , health education and life nursing . Conclusions Nursing staff should adjust their nursing service based on new inpatients ’ nursing needs , so as to improve the satisfaction of nursing service . Key words: Nursing needs; New inpatients; Nurses’ cognition