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J Vuorenheimo

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PubMed1994

The patient's perspective on nursing quality: developing a framework for evaluation.

This article describes a new framework for the evaluation of the quality of nursing care. The preliminary framework developed on the basis of nurse data was tested with Finnish surgical patients (n = 132). The model was then restructured around four dimensions or levels: actor, activities, aims and preconditions for quality nursing care. For the patients it is important that the actor or nurse possesses technical, task-oriented skills. Activities are divided into two categories: human and task-oriented. The patients emphasize the importance of educational and technical activities as well as respecting and caring. The most important determinants of nursing activity are trustworthiness and adherence to basic principles. A central precondition for quality nursing, according to patients, is the training and education of nurses and access to adequate resources. The framework developed has some elements in common with the previous studies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

[Quality of perioperative nursing care: viewpoint of the patient with back surgery].

The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the views of back-operated patients on good perioperative nursing care. The study forms part of a major research project. The data consists of theme interviews with 30 (= N) back-operated patients. The data were analysed by using the method of content analysis. As a general rule all back-operated patients were satisfied with the nursing care they had received. At the preoperative phase, the patients show a very obvious need for information, but the structure and amount of desired information varied. At the intraoperative phase the most important thing is that a friendly, competent staff explain to the patient what is going on and why. At the postoperative phase patients wanted someone at their bedside all the time monitoring the patient's condition. Because this study represents a basic research of nursing care, the results provide a useful basis for the further research.

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Patient satisfaction as an indicator of the quality of nursing care.

This paper deals with the patient satisfaction, as an indicator of the quality of nursing care. The literature review and a Finnish empirical illustration, using patient interviews, are included in the article. The results indicate a high level of satisfaction. However, there is no basis to use the measurement of patient satisfaction as a sole indicator of the quality of care, because the satisfied patients expressed also reasons for dissatisfaction.

Adolescent↗