RESUMO
Using an exploratory research method and a purposive sample of 259 subjects (109 of whom were nurses and 148 patients), data were collected using an instrument consisting of the elements of the nursing process. Four hypotheses were tested, using the analysis of covariance and the t-test The result of hypothesis I showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the perception of the quality of nursing care between the patients in the medical and surgical units of the five study hospitals. Hypothesis 2 indicated that there was no significant difference between nurses in the medical-surgical units in the areas of assessment, planning and implementation. However, a significant difference was found for accountability and responsibility. Further analysis using a t-test showed a significant difference between nurses in the medical and surgical units in the areas of accountability and responsibility. The data for hypothesis 3 and 4 yielded no significant difference in the perceptions of quality care by nurses according to work experience and by patients in all hospitals regardless of the patients' age and sex.
Assuntos
Relações Enfermeiro-Paciente , Cuidados de Enfermagem/normas , Satisfação do Paciente , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Feminino , Humanos , Kuweit , Masculino , Cuidados de Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Processo de Enfermagem , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
A self instructional unit (SIU) on nursing care plans was tested to demonstrate its effectiveness on the cognitive performance of three different student achievement groups. Two other text formats: Question Text Type (QTT) and Information Text Type (ITT) were utilized to demonstrate their effect on the cognitive performance of the three achievement groups. The expectation was that the SIU would successfully improve the subjects' knowledge on nursing care plans, and that the post test scores would be related to the text types used during the study. The subjects were 48 B.Sc. (Nursing) degree students in the first year of a post-basic nursing degree programme who were divided into high, middle and low achievement groups, according to the results of a pretest on the theory related to nursing care plans. The results showed that the SIU significantly improved the basic knowledge of subjects on nursing care plans. Furthermore, the SIU and the QTT appeared to be superior to the ITT formats. On the whole there appears to be a relationship between text type and cognitive performance whilst students try to accumulate or review information.