Effectiveness of Standardized Nursing Care Plan on Nurses’ Usability Regarding Quality Nursing Care in Private Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore
Effectiveness of Standardized Nursing Care Plan
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https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i10.1113Keywords:
Nursing Process, Nurses, Usability, PlanAbstract
Nursing care entails both an art and a science, involving the provision of tailored patient care based on individual healthcare requirements. The nursing care plan is instrumental, serving as a precise guide for nurses in delivering patient-centered, high-quality care. It functions as a roadmap, enabling nurses to monitor the patient's response to treatment and make necessary adjustments to meet medical needs. Challenges such as excessive workload, absence of policies, inadequate resources, understaffing, and unavailability of assessment forms hinder the effective utilization of nursing care plans Objective: To evaluate the effect of standardized nursing care plan on nurses` usability of nursing process during patient care. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted at a Tertiary Care hospital Lahore Pakistan. A stratified Random sample of n=47 participants intervention group was recruited. A validated questionnaire of Nurses’ usability of standardized nursing care plan consisted of 23 items. Data were analyzed through SPSS version 21. Results: Majority of the participants 44.7% (n=21) were between 26-30 years of age, 46.8% of the participants (n=22) had working experience between 1-4 years, 70.2% (n=33) of them having nursing diploma, 23.4% (n=11) were attained Post RN BSN. A significant difference was found between Nurses` usability scores before and after intervention as evident by p=0.000 with mean and SD of 2.8085+0.79778 and 3.7872+0.41369, respectively. Conclusions: It is evident from results that standardized nursing care plan has a significant effect on nurse’s usability that improve the quality of nursing care in Hospital.
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