Perceived quality of nursing care and patient education: a cross-sectional study of hospitalised surgical patients in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to analyse the relationship between patient education and the quality of surgical nursing care as perceived by patients. The background of the study lies in the importance of a patient-centred approach for both patient education and quality evaluation.

Design

This was a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study with surgical patients.

Setting

Data were collected in 2013 in one hospital district in Finland.

Participants

480 hospitalised surgical patients.

Methods

The data were collected using two structured instruments: one measuring the perceived quality of nursing care experienced by patients (Good Nursing Care Scale) and one measuring the received knowledge of hospital patients (RKhp). Data were analysed statistically u

SUBMITTER: Grondahl W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature