quality of nursing care and services

topic presentation on factors affecting quality of nursing care and services

1. Anjana thomas FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF NURSING CARE AND SERVICES

2. INTRODUCTION Nursing profession is considered a caring profession to begin with, it was an art and a vocation. It is considered a scientific profession. Nursing is the oldest of arts and youngest of professions. Nursing has a long and rich international heritage, filled with colorful event and people.

3. NURSING CARE Nursing care is defined as the care of patient with regard to nursing need, with ever increasing dimension of medical sciences quantitatively and qualitatively.

4. NURSING SERVICES WHO expert committee on nursing defines the nursing services as the part of the total health organization which aims to satisfy major objectives of nursing. Services is to provide prevention of diseases and promotion of health.

5. ORGANISATION OF NURSING SERVICES

6. AIMS AND ROLE OF NURSING SERVICES Selection of qualified nurse by recruitment Provide adequate facility to nurse Improvement in working condition Provision for physical examination and treatment Provision for pension Holding of regular staff meeting Provide temporary services

7. Recruitment of men as student nurse Exchange of nurses Lack of promotional avenues for ANM Reduction in period of training of ANM Reduction of lady health visitors course Setting up of training division at the ministry of health

8. FACTORS INFLUENCE THE HIGH QUALITY OF NURSING CARE Services available According to the degree or period of illness The experience of the nurses The no.of non nurses who involved in patient care The amount and quality of teaching Quality of supervision

9. Method of appointment of medical staff Affiliation of hospital The plan of the ward The physical facilities Amount of equipments and supplies Working hours of nurses The morale of the workers Method of performing nursing procedure

10. Time required for hospital routines, record and report keeping The method of assignment Standards of nursing care Good ward management

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY B.T Basvanthappa ‘ Nursing Adminstration ’ 2 nd edition, JP brothers medical publications, page no : 543-549, 405 S. Priya , Nursing Administration, ora publiations , page no: 352-353

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