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- Title
The Quality of Discharge Teaching Perceived by Surgical Nurses Working in Public Hospitals of Indonesia.
- Authors
Nurhayati Nurhayati; Songwathana Praneed; Vachprasit Ratjai
- Abstract
Background: Earlier discharged from hospital in the intermediate state leads nurses play a vital role in preparing patients's readiness for discharge. Patient education is important and often requires the discharge teaching quality. However, only few studies have focused on nurse's perception towards the discharge teaching quality particularly in surgical ward. Aims: To examine the perception of surgical nurses toward the quality of discharge teaching. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in surgical nurses who were purposively selected from general surgical units of four public hospitals in Indonesia. The quality of discharge teaching scale was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics were applied for data analysis. Results: The quality of discharge teaching perceived by surgical nurses was at a moderate level both in the content and delivery subscale. Most of participants had completed a diploma. Their experience in nursing practice was almost a decade with experience in discharging patients was about seven cases per day. A verbal and teach-back instruction was the main method used with an average teaching time of a half hour. Conclusion: This study indicated an area for discharge teaching improvement. An association between discharge teaching quality and patient's readiness is required for further study.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; STATISTICAL correlation; HOSPITAL wards; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING specialties; PUBLIC hospitals; RESEARCH funding; PATIENT discharge instructions; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 1, p100
- ISSN
1791-5201
- Publication type
Article