Quality of Health Care in the Adult Critical Care Units in Port Said Hospitals

Dina Hassan

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2019.33450

Abstract

Background: Quality management strives to create a positive, open, and honest culture that provides health care services judiciously. The quality process is designed to monitor and trend problems. Most quality measures consider the structure, process, and outcome standards as frameworks. Aim: the present study aimed to assess quality of health care in the adult critical care units as perceived by nurses and patients. Subjects and methods: A descriptive study was used with a sample of (70) nurse and (116) patient. The data were collected by using two tools; Nurses’ perception questionnaire and Patients’ perception questionnaire. Results: The study results revealed that a statistically significant difference was found between nurses’ and patients’ perception regarding the structure factor and process factors affecting quality of health care Conclusion: It was concluded that the process and structure factors were the most important factors as reported by nurses and patients, while the outcome factor was the lowest one as reported by nurses. Recommendation: Nursing administrators should be properly selected and prepared for their role as efficient leaders to be a source of empowerment for their staff and the nursing profession,Providing continuing supervision and evaluation of nurses for the detection of any deficit in their performance and correction of the weakness and patients must continuously asked or assessed for their opinion or perception regarding the quality of care

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The future emphasis for care to be delivered in the National Health Service (NHS) is focused on quality of patient care and patient safety
It was concluded that the process and structure factors were the most important factors as reported by nurses and patients, while the outcome factor was the lowest one as reported by nurses
7; AIM OF THE STUDY: The present study aims to Assess quality of health care in the adult critical care units in port said hospitals through: 1-Assess factors affecting the quality of nursing care as perceived by nurses in Port

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The future emphasis for care to be delivered in the National Health Service (NHS) is focused on quality of patient care and patient safety. Defining and measuring the quality of nursing care, is to be developed as part of the quality metrics (indicators) to reflect issues of safety, effectiveness, patient experience, and compassion. Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO) stated that quality is the degree to which patient care services increases the probability outcomes, given the current state of knowledge. Quality management strives to create a positive, open, and honest culture that provides health care services judiciously. Most quality measures consider the structure, process, and outcome standards as frameworks. Aim: the present study aimed to assess quality of health care in the adult critical care units as perceived by nurses and patients

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