Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2021), Pages: 67-74

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Evaluation of the utilization of nursing process and quality of patient care in Ha’il city, Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Mohammed Hamdan Alshammari *, Wessam Ahmed Elsayed, Asmaa Mohammed Alabd, Bahia Galal Abd El Razik Hassan

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Nursing, University of Ha’il, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9661-192X

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.01.009

 Abstract:

The nursing process is one of the most important tools used by a nurse as a guide, blueprint, and map of care that is provided to patients. This study aimed to determine the utilization of nurses in the nursing process in terms of knowledge, performance, and challenges they faced and experienced while using it. Specifically, it answered the questions a) what are the sociodemographic profile of the participants; b) what is the level of knowledge, performance, and challenges faced by nurses in using the nursing process; c) what is the level of satisfaction of the patients to the care provided by nurses as they utilize the nursing process; d) what is the degree of relationship between the nurses’ knowledge of the nursing process to their profile; and lastly E) what is the level of nurses’ knowledge, performance and level of challenges in the utilization of the nursing process.
The use of the nursing process by the nurses showed that there is a highly statistically significant relation between their total knowledge and performance regarding the use and implementation of the nursing process in their provision of care to their patients. There was an effective use of the nursing process despite some challenges and difficulties experienced by the nurses while utilizing in providing care to their patients. 

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 Keywords: Utilization, Nursing process, Quality of care, Hail, Saudi Arabia

 Article History: Received 25 February 2020, Received in revised form 28 August 2020, Accepted 29 August 2020

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

 Funding:

This study was funded by the University of Ha'il in Saudi Arabia, with funding reference number 160758.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical consideration: 

We considered all ethical issues before conducting the study, and we assured each nurse and patient that the data collected remained confidential and that any means needed no personal identification. We obtained oral consent from each participant. The researchers assured that participation in the study was voluntary, and they may withdraw at any time.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Alshammari MH, Elsayed WA, and Alabd AM et al. (2021). Evaluation of the utilization of nursing process and quality of patient care in Ha’il city, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(1): 67-74

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