Wybrane czynniki determinujące ocenę jakości opieki pielęgniarskiej w szpitalach pełniących stały dyżur. Wyniki projektu RN4CAST
Selected factors determining assessment of nursing care quality in acute hospitals. Results of RN4CAST project
Author(s): Maria Kózka, Maria Cisek, Piotr Brzyski, Krzysztof Gajda, Maria Ogarek, Lucyna Przewoźniak, Teresa Gabryś, Anna Ksykiewicz-Dorota, Tomasz BrzostekSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: adverse events; management; nurses; quality of care; working environment; workload
Summary/Abstract: Introduction. The essence of nursing care is to improve treatment results, patient satisfaction, and decrease treatment costs. Aim. Presenting the factors determining the assessment of nursing care quality in acute hospitals. Material and method. The study included 2605 nurses working in 30 hospitals in Poland. The Work Environment Scale and an opinion questionnaire were used to collect the data. The analysis based on logistic regression model, generalised estimating equations, χ² test, and Mann-Whitney test. Results. Three in every four respondents evaluated the quality of nursing care as good. The assessment depended on the conditions of work, autonomy in providing care, patient information flow, patient safety, occurrence of adverse events, discussion of mistakes, nurse workload, potential for education, and flexible working time. Conclusion. The factors significantly influencing the assessment of nursing care quality are the working environment, care monitoring and management.
Journal: Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
- Issue Year: 10/2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 30-40
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish