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 Volume 5, Issue 7 (July 2018), Pages: 123-130

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Strategies for improving patient fulfilment with quality of nursing care in northwestern hospitals of Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Salman H. Alsaqri *, Hamdan M. Albaqawi, Mohannad J. Alkwiese

 Affiliation(s):

 Medical Surgical Department, College of Nursing, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.07.015

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 Abstract:

Patient fulfilment with nurses’ nature of care in three tertiary hospitals in Ha'il Region, Saudi Arabia was studied in this research. The goals were to build up patients' fulfilment through one review and rate nurses' activity execution through another, studying unit head nurses. A quantitative research setup was picked in perspective of a 5-point Likert scale. The estimation of the staff nurses’ job execution by unit head nurses and nurses’ chiefs was led utilizing the Ministry of Health's 46-item survey. Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire (PSNCQQ) was used to measure patient fulfillment and contained 22 items in light of the nature of care given via group of nurses. A sum of 90 head nurses and 87 patient have been investigated using a facilitating method for analyzing over a -month span in 2015. This examination has revealed a good level of nature of nursing care regarding the high appraisals on nurses' job execution in the wards and patient fulfilment. Statistically, significant results had been found among patient fulfillment and conjugal status, health before admission, and ward measure. Measurably, essential effects were discovered between staff nurses’ job performance and wellness earlier than admission, and prior admittance. Strategic plans for continuous satisfactory enhancement need to be focused on across the physical set-up of the health center as some distance as ward measure; admission techniques, such as patient enjoy amid admission; training and support for nursing workforce; and family-situated healthcare. 

 © 2018 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Patient fulfillment, Quality of nursing care, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

 Article History: Received 6 February 2018, Received in revised form 6 May 2018, Accepted 12 May 2018

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2018.07.015

 Citation:

 Alsaqri SH, Albaqawi HM, and Alkwiese MJ (2018). Strategies for improving patient fulfilment with quality of nursing care in northwestern hospitals of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 5(7): 123-130

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