Open AccessA nationwide survey of patient problem occurrence across different nursing healthcare sectors
Author(s) -
Kieft Renate,
de Veer Anke,
Francke Anneke,
Delnoij Diana
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.102
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , health care , nursing , exploratory research , psychology , patient care , questionnaire , work (physics) , medicine , family medicine , statistics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , engineering , economics , economic growth
Aim The aim of this study was to determine the patient problems that nurses encounter in different clinical settings and the extent to which they report being able to influence those patient problems. Design Exploratory online survey research. Method Data were collected through an online questionnaire. We prepared a 2 × 2 matrix to compare the rate of occurrence against the average level of reported influence. Descriptive statistics were used for the data analysis. Results A total of 440 nurses working in different settings completed the questionnaire. Nurses report having the most influence on patient problems related to self‐care, mobility and functions of the skin. Nurses experience less influence on problems with voice/speech and the tasks required for participation in work/employment.