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Assess the Educational Needs of Nurses to Patient’s Charter of Rights in Ahwaz Teaching Hospitals (1392-93). Zanko J Med Sci 2018; 19 (61) :85-94
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Background and Aim: One of the nurses' most important tasks is to protect patients' rights. Nurses will be supportive and more satisfied by the time that they have adequate knowledge about this. The aim of this study was to "determine nurses 'awareness about the charter of patients' rights in Ahvaz educational-teaching hospitals".
Material and Method: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in 2014, the samples consisted of 331 nurses from educational hospitals in Ahvaz with a minimum of 6 months' work experience. They were selected by simple random sampling with proportional allocation and participated in the study. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 2 sections, the first part containing demographic information, and the second part containing 20 questions about the five main areas of the patient's rights charter in order to assess the nurses' awareness of the patient's charter. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics as well as Chi-square test and SPSS software.
Results: The findings of this study showed that 69.5% of the nurses had a high level of knowledge, 30.2% had moderate knowledge and 0.3% had poor knowledge. The most nurses' knowledge was in the area of "receiving health services" and their least awareness in the field of "receiving adequate information". Also, there was a significant correlation between the level of knowledge of nurses about patient's rights charter and the variables of work experience and passing the course in the field of patient rights (P = 0.001).
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that, knowledge of nurses which were studied in the scope of the charter of patient rights was notsufficient, which could ultimately lead to a lack of observance of patients' rights from nurses and as a result of dissatisfaction of patients. Therefore, the need for more serious and comprehensive training for nurses in this field is emphasized.
Background and Aim: One of the nurses' most important tasks is to protect patients' rights. Nurses will be supportive and more satisfied by the time that they have adequate knowledge about this. The aim of this study was to "determine nurses 'awareness about the charter of patients' rights in Ahvaz educational-teaching hospitals".
Material and Method: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in 2014, the samples consisted of 331 nurses from educational hospitals in Ahvaz with a minimum of 6 months' work experience. They were selected by simple random sampling with proportional allocation and participated in the study. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 2 sections, the first part containing demographic information, and the second part containing 20 questions about the five main areas of the patient's rights charter in order to assess the nurses' awareness of the patient's charter. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics as well as Chi-square test and SPSS software.
Results: The findings of this study showed that 69.5% of the nurses had a high level of knowledge, 30.2% had moderate knowledge and 0.3% had poor knowledge. The most nurses' knowledge was in the area of "receiving health services" and their least awareness in the field of "receiving adequate information". Also, there was a significant correlation between the level of knowledge of nurses about patient's rights charter and the variables of work experience and passing the course in the field of patient rights (P = 0.001).
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that, knowledge of nurses which were studied in the scope of the charter of patient rights was notsufficient, which could ultimately lead to a lack of observance of patients' rights from nurses and as a result of dissatisfaction of patients. Therefore, the need for more serious and comprehensive training for nurses in this field is emphasized.
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Received: 2016/11/21 | Accepted: 2018/04/23 | ePublished: 2018/10/10
Received: 2016/11/21 | Accepted: 2018/04/23 | ePublished: 2018/10/10
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