Quality of emergency nursing care in two tertiary healthcare settings in a developing Sub-Saharan African Country
Autor: | Alade A Ogunlade, Olufemi O. Oyediran, Adenike Ae Olaogun, Oyeyemi Olajumoke Oyelade, Emmanuel O. Ayandiran |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Developing country lcsh:Medicine Nonprobability sampling Nursing care Geochemistry and Petrology medicine lcsh:R5-920 Data collection Descriptive statistics business.industry lcsh:R Triage Quality Checklist Family medicine Emergency Emergency Medicine Original Article lcsh:Medicine (General) business Gerontology Emergency nursing |
Zdroj: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 10, Iss, Pp S73-S77 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2211-4203 |
Popis: | Introduction The quality of care received by patients during the first few hours following an accident and/or acute life-threatening conditions can significantly affect the overall outcome of treatment. This study, therefore, assessed the quality of emergency nursing care in two tertiary healthcare settings in a developing Sub-Saharan African Country. Methods The study was conducted in two renowned tertiary hospitals in Southwest Nigeria. Four hundred and twenty-eight patients selected by purposive sampling technique from the two hospitals formed the sample. The Donabedian three-pronged approach of structure, process and outcome domains was employed for data collection. Two instruments; an adapted validated structured questionnaire and an observation checklist were used for data collection and data collected were analysed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 24) using mainly descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and percentages. Results Results showed that a majority (62.6%) rated the quality of emergency nursing care as high though observation revealed glaring differences in the structure, process and outcome domains of quality in selected hospitals. Discussion/Conclusion The study, therefore, concluded that while the quality of emergency nursing care in the selected hospitals can be described in general as average, a lot still needs to be done to address the identified deficiencies in emergency nursing care. |
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