Khounjit Mansak. Development of emergency nursing service in Bangkok Christian hospital, Church of Christ in Thailand, 2003 . Master's Degree(Hospital Administration). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
Development of emergency nursing service in Bangkok Christian hospital, Church of Christ in Thailand, 2003
Abstract:
The emergency unit of a hospital must provide nursing services to accident
and emergency patients. If the patients do not receive the immediate help, they may
die or become disabled. Emergency units have a lot of problems such as poor
preparation at the start of shifts and unclear nursing processes. Preparation and
processes need to be improved in a way that satisfies medical staff, administrators and
patients. A new working model that address these problems was designed for the
emergency unit at Bangkok Christian hospital. The experimental model was
implemented by a new working models for three months. A pre-test and post-test
using checklists, record forms and questionnaires to medical staff, administrator and
patients were used to assess quality of service, quantity of services delivered, length
of time of services and the satisfaction of the people involved. The results were
analyzed by Man Whitney U Test and t-test at alpha 0.05.
It was found that after implementing the new working model, the
correctness of preparation on personnel before the performance was improved
(p < 0.001) and the satisfaction of the related people was also higher (p < 0.001).
The average time from walk-in until seeing a doctor decreased (p < 0.001). While
wage expenses increased. It was shown that the new working model constructed by
the researcher was effectiveness and appropriateness for the experimental area
because implementation was good with a clear system, and was accepted by the
related people from the beginning. The recommendation and suggestions in this
research are that follow-up and evaluation should be done in order to improve the
service continuously. Moreover, the experience in this development model should be
applied in emergency service and other tasks in the hospital for continuous
improvement.