Kontakt 2007, 9(1):17-31 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2007.004
Survey of the attitude of nurses to current changes in the nursing practiceNursing
- 1 Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka, Ústav zdravotníctva a ošetrovateľstva, Trenčín
- 2 Fakultná nemocnica s poliklinikou, Mickiewiczova ul., Bratislava
The authors present results of a survey aimed at the identification of the attitude of nurses to the currently occurring process of the implementation of changes in the nursing practice with a special emphasize put onto the approach of the nurses to the nursing process. Questionnaires were used as the main tool in this investigation. Based on 26 items of the questionnaire, the authors determined subject areas within the scope considered. The questionnaire was designed for nurses working at departments of hospitals in Bratislava and surroundings of the capital city. The authors established one principal target and partial targets. They identified eight working hypotheses. The purpose of the project was to determine attitudes of nurses to the changes in the nursing practice, which are currently being implemented. They particularly considered how the nurses accepted changes in the nursing practice, whether or not they were identified with the new method of providing the nursing care, and how they manage keeping of the nursing documentation. Further questions were as follows: what are the benefits for the nurses themselves and for the patients, whether or not they keep pace with the new trend - lifelong education, what is their expectation associated with the changes and whether or not they intend to adhere to their difficult but very useful and nice profession. The sample of responders employed at the departments was divided into three groups depending on the degree of their education. Based on the evaluation of the anonymous questionnaires, the authors acquired principal data, which are summarized in tables arranged with respect to particular items. In the conclusion of the contribution, the main target, the partial targets and the working hypotheses are evaluated and a number of recommendations for clinical practice are presented.
Keywords: Nursing process; nursing documentation; changes; planning; implementation; legal aspects
Received: March 5, 2007; Accepted: April 16, 2007; Published: June 15, 2007 Show citation
