effect of an inservice education program on nurses' knowledge and application of the nursing process at Jordan University Hospital

Assessment of the nurses' knowledge; application and documentation of the nursing process at Jordan University Hospital was done through the use of an audit sheet and a questionnaire-interview. Based on the nurses' educational needs, an inservice education program was planned and implemented. It involved the development of a new assessment record and modification of the currently used nursing care plan. Results of the study revealed that the program was effective in changing nurses' knowledge and application of the nursing process. The highest significant change in knowledge was related to nursing diagnosis and the implementation phase. While the highest significant change in their application was related to the planning phase

Job expectations of senior nursing students: an input for nurse-recruitment strategies

The job expectations of all senior nursing students from both the Higher Inst. of Nursing, Alexandria Univ. And the Inst. Of Health Technology, Alexandria present at the time of the study were surveyed in relation to their preferences and expectations as regards the characteristics of the future employing institution and the factors that would influence their decision to accept a new nursing job. The results of the study revealed that the majority of both groups would not consider working in a large hospital. It also showed that the most favorable health institutions for both groups to work in were: a private hospital in Egypt, and army hospital and a hospital in an Arab country. Also the majority of both groups would not consider working in a psychiatric hospital. The highest preference for HIN students was for working in an intensive care unit in a general hospital as compared to an MCH center and obstetric unit for IHT students. Both groups preferred to work in a hospital located in a city. The majority of the two groups accept to work the day shift and more HIN than IHT students would accept the evening shift, while more IHT than HIN students would accept the night shift. As regards the factors that might influence their decision to accept a nursing job, the HIN students identified the following as the first three factors: opportunity to work in desired specialty, job security and opportunity to work in desired city. The first three factors identified by IHT students were: pleasant working conditions and human relations, shift preferences and job security

Patients views on the hospital physical milieu: a statistical survey

A systematic random sample of 200 free charged medical and surgical patients were interviewed in three general hospitals in Alexandria. The hospital physical milieu was acceptable by the type of patients interviewed. Patients' satisfaction was above the standard in relation to cleanliness, ventillation and lighting regardless of sex, diagnosis and the size of the ward. Noise proved to be due to environmental factors other than the hospital physical milieu. Acceptance of noise by patients varied by sex and diagnosis and not by size of wa