Nursing patient record practice and associated factors among nurses working in North Shewa Zone public hospitals, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing documentation is an essential component of nursing practice and has the potential to improve patient care outcomes. Poor documentation of nursing care activities among nurses has been shown to have negative impacts on healthcare quality.

Objective

To assess the nursing documentation practice and its associated factors among nurses working in the North Shewa Zone public hospitals, Ethiopia.

Method

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the North Shewa Zone public hospitals. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 421 nurses. A pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to gather the data. Data were entered into Epi Data version 3.1, and SPSS version 25 was used for further analysis. Binary logis

SUBMITTER: Tadese M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10883157 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature