Effects of using primary nursing system in labor and post partum unit on job Satisfaction of nurses and patient satisfaction in nursign services, Chumphon Hospital
Abstract:
The purposes of this quasi-experimental research were 2 folds. One research purpose was to compare job satisfaction of nurses before and after using primary nursing system in labor and post partum unit . Research subjects composed of 16 nurses from labor and post partum unit. Another research purpose was to compare patients satisfaction in nursing services between patients in group who received nursing care utilizing primary nursing system and patients in group who received nursing care utilizing functional method. Sixty research subjects were selected by convenient sampling and were 30 subjects each were assigned into the two groups by matched pair technique. Research instruments included 1) primary nursing system manual which was developed by the researcher utilizing the content derived from the theoretical framework and from the transcription of the indepth interview of experts, 2) primary nursing system-related knowledge questionnaire with reliability of .65, and 3) job satisfaction of nurses and patient satisfaction measurements which were developed by the researcher and tested for content validity and internal reliability (Cronbach{174}s alpha = .86 and .91, respectively). Research data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and dependent t-test. Major findings were as followed : 1. Job satisfaction of nurses after using primary nursing system was statistically significantly higher than before using primary nursing system in labor and post partum unit (t = 8.48, p<.05) 2. Patients satisfaction in nursing services in experimental group was statistically significantly higher than the patients satisfaction in nursing services in control group (t = 12.32, p<.05) The findings could be used as guidelines for head nurse in administrative and management in order to gain satisfaction in both professional nurses and patients.