Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to describe the level of implementation of nursing process and associated factors among nurses working in DebreMarkos Referral Hospital and Finote Selam District Hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2013. Materials and methods: A total of 124 nurses with one year and above working experience in the respective hospitals gave complete response out of 139 total nurses. Self-administered questionnaire from standardized and pre-tested tool were adopted to collect data. The data was entered using Epidata version3.1 and analyzed using SPSS software. In addition to descriptive statistics both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model fitted to identify possible factors associated with nursing process implementation. Then those variables with P-value of <0.05 at 95% confidence interval (CI) was declared as statistically significant. Results: Among 124 total respondents 72 (58.2%) were female nurses, the ages of the respondents were between 20 and 62 years with median age of 29 years. They implemented nursing process at various degree of consistency 46 (37.1%) practice it very much, 62 (50%) practiced somewhat and the rest 16 (12.9%) not at all and not really practiced. Low knowledge negatively associate with nursing process implementation, Adjusted odds Ratio (AOR) 0.16, at 95% CI=0.07-0.39) and Presence of patients with uncomplicated case facilitate nursing process implementation (AOR=5.67, at 95% CI=2.52-12.73). Conclusion: The level of nursing process implementation is low among nurses. Factors associated with implementation of nursing process among nurses working in hospitals were; presence of patients with complicated case and low level of knowledge about nursing process. Nurses’ patient care knowledge in general and
Highlights
In the eighties, the nursing process was introduced as a systematic method of planning nursing care internationally [1]
Study area The study was conducted in DebreMarkos referral hospital, Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia Debre Markos is the administrative town of East GojjamZone and it is found in the North West part of the country bounded by Gozamenworeda in the North, South, and East, and Anededworeda in the West
This study describes the level of nursing process implementation and associated factors among 124 nurses in Debre Markos Referral Hospital and Finote Selam District Hospital northwest Ethiopia
Summary
The nursing process was introduced as a systematic method of planning nursing care internationally [1]. Hospitals’ pursuit of high-quality of patient care is dependent, at least in part, on their ability to engage and use nursing resources effectively. This will likely become more challenging as these resources become increasingly limited [5]. The scarcity of nurses is a major challenge for hospitals because it impact to their ability to provide nursing coverage for patient care, and to provide adequate nursing resources for other key activities, such as quality improvement [3]. The aim of this study was to describe the level of implementation of nursing process and associated factors among nurses working in DebreMarkos Referral Hospital and Finote Selam District Hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2013
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