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Patient assessment of nursing care

Patient assessment of nursing care
Patient assessment of nursing care

The overall aim of thisexploratory study was to investigate the feasibility ofpatients as recipientsof nursing care, assessing that care. The study was alsoconcerned with thenurse learner's perception of her performance as care giverand how bothpatient's and nurse learner's perceptions would compare with thatof the nurseteacher's assessment of the nursing care given.

The broad aim of the study incorporated thefollowing research objectives:-

To identify aspects of nursing care which are important to patients and nurses and which can be assessed by them

To design a 'Patient Assessment of Nursing Care'assessment instrument

To explore the suitability of this method ofassessment for use in formative assessment

To furnish information on which to base guidelinesfor future research.

The study design was formulated with an open empirical approach to the problem, inthat there were no set hypotheses to be tested, no pre-design instruments andprocedures to be used. The research was based on data obtained from patients'and nurses' responses for the purpose of developing a conceptual framework forunderstanding and explaining what takes place in giving and receiving nursingcare in an assessment situation.

Analysis of the data suggested that the significance of this study lay in the preliminary development of an assessment instrument which is essentially  alearning tool but which will certainly require further refinement before it canbe used in isolation as a fully developed assessment instrument. However, the 'Patien tAssessment of Nursing Care' instrument:-

demonstrated that patients' views about nursingcare may be of considerable value in assessing nurses in the affective domainof nursing skills

encouraged the development of nurse learners'social and personal skills

provided a meaningful learning experience

helped to identify nurse learners' strengths,weaknesses and emerging needs

may be used alongside other assessment methods toprovide additional information about nurse learners' progress puts the teacher inthe role of the facilitator of learning

Theassessment instrument which has been developed as a result of this study isoffered as a tentative prototype and a basis for further study by a researchteam.

University of Southampton
Pollock, Margaret
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Pollock, Margaret
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Fordham, Paul
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Pollock, Margaret (1983) Patient assessment of nursing care. University of Southampton, Masters Thesis, 301pp.

Record type: Thesis (Masters)

Abstract

The overall aim of thisexploratory study was to investigate the feasibility ofpatients as recipientsof nursing care, assessing that care. The study was alsoconcerned with thenurse learner's perception of her performance as care giverand how bothpatient's and nurse learner's perceptions would compare with thatof the nurseteacher's assessment of the nursing care given.

The broad aim of the study incorporated thefollowing research objectives:-

To identify aspects of nursing care which are important to patients and nurses and which can be assessed by them

To design a 'Patient Assessment of Nursing Care'assessment instrument

To explore the suitability of this method ofassessment for use in formative assessment

To furnish information on which to base guidelinesfor future research.

The study design was formulated with an open empirical approach to the problem, inthat there were no set hypotheses to be tested, no pre-design instruments andprocedures to be used. The research was based on data obtained from patients'and nurses' responses for the purpose of developing a conceptual framework forunderstanding and explaining what takes place in giving and receiving nursingcare in an assessment situation.

Analysis of the data suggested that the significance of this study lay in the preliminary development of an assessment instrument which is essentially  alearning tool but which will certainly require further refinement before it canbe used in isolation as a fully developed assessment instrument. However, the 'Patien tAssessment of Nursing Care' instrument:-

demonstrated that patients' views about nursingcare may be of considerable value in assessing nurses in the affective domainof nursing skills

encouraged the development of nurse learners'social and personal skills

provided a meaningful learning experience

helped to identify nurse learners' strengths,weaknesses and emerging needs

may be used alongside other assessment methods toprovide additional information about nurse learners' progress puts the teacher inthe role of the facilitator of learning

Theassessment instrument which has been developed as a result of this study isoffered as a tentative prototype and a basis for further study by a researchteam.

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Published date: 1983

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Local EPrints ID: 487356
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487356
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Author: Margaret Pollock
Thesis advisor: Paul Fordham

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