Nurses' Opinions of Patient Involvement in Relation to Patient-centered Care During Bedside Handovers
Asian Nursing Research
;
: 216-222, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-107186
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Advocates for societal change and consumerism have been instrumental in popularizing patient involvement in various aspects of health care. Patient involvement in bedside handovers during shift changes should facilitate patient-centered care. This study's purpose was to explore Malaysian nurses' opinions about patient involvement during bedside handovers, and whether patient involvement during bedside handovers reflected patient-centered care.METHODS:
A qualitative study with four focus-group discussions was conducted with 20 registered nurses from general wards in a Malaysian public hospital. Semi-structured interviews were used to elicit participants' opinions. NVivo 10 software was used for data management and content analysis was used to analyze the data.RESULTS:
Several participants used inconsistent methods to involve patients in bedside handovers and others did not involve the patients at all. The participants' interpretations of the concept of patient-centered care were ambiguous; they claimed that patient involvement during bedside handovers was impractical and, therefore, not reflective of patient-centered care. Some nurses' subjective views of patient involvement as impractical during bedside handovers were manifested in their deliberate exclusion of patients from the handover process.CONCLUSIONS:
Changes in patient involvement and nursing practices congruent with patient-centered care require that nurse educators in hospital settings reform nursing education to focus on fostering of communication skills needed to function in nurse-patient partnerships. Guidelines for patient involvement consistent with patient-centered values should be developed using ward nurses' subjective views and introduced to all registered nurses in practice.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Patient Participation
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Patients' Rooms
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Nursing
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Focus Groups
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Patient-Centered Care
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Delivery of Health Care
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Education, Nursing
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Patient Handoff
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Foster Home Care
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Hospitals, Public
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian Nursing Research
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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