Establishment and application of specific nursing quality indicators for infectious disease
Xuhua Zhuang, Yanli Lu, Haimei Zhang, Xiuru Ge, Yunli Peng
Published 2016-12-16
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2016, 22(35): 5168-5170. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.35.038
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the establishment and application of specific nursing quality indicators for infectious disease.
MethodsOn the basis of nursing system, nursing criterion, nursing routine and nursing process, the specific nursing quality indicators were established and implemented in our hospital from October 2015 to June 2016. The specific nursing quality indicators were established according to different characteristics of patients, including psychological nursing, isolation protection, high fever nursing and so on. Every indicator was standardized by structure, process and result modules. The 3 modules included 7 items, which is organization management, nursing assessment, measures implementation, shift execution, nursing records, health guidance and related knowledge, and every item was composed of several standard rules. The correct rate of nursing assessment, the rate of measures implementation, the awareness rate of patients′ disease knowledge, the accuracy of nursing record writing, the qualified rate of shift duty, patients′ satisfaction and qualified rate of specific nursing knowledge were compared before and after implementing the specific nursing quality indicators.
ResultsAfter the implementation of the specific nursing quality indicators, the correct rate of nursing assessment increased from 74.89% to 89.33%, the rate of measures implementation increased from 75.79% to 88.44%, the awareness rate of patients′ disease knowledge increased from 65.47% to 79.56%, the accuracy of nursing record writing increased from 65.02% to 88.00%, the qualified rate of shift duty increased from 60.08% to 81.33%, patients′ satisfaction increased from 92.06% to 97.08%, the qualified rate of specific nursing knowledge increased from 69.59% to 86.49%.
ConclusionsThe establishment and application of specific nursing quality indicators for infectious disease can normalize and standardize nursing work, improve the process quality and final quality of nursing care, help continuous improvement of nursing quality, and ensure the effective implementation of nursing care.
Key words:
Infectious disease; Specific nursing; Nursing quality management
Contributor Information
Xuhua Zhuang
Department of Nursing, Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China
Yanli Lu
Department of Nursing, Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China
Haimei Zhang
Department of Nursing, Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China
Xiuru Ge
Department of Hepatology, Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China
Yunli Peng
Department of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases, Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou 221004, China