Assessment of Self-Reported Practice of Nursing Documentation and Associated Factors Among Nurses in Selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mengistu Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hailu Hanna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-10T07:16:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T09:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-10T07:16:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T09:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Nursing documentation is an essential component of nursing practice that has apotential to improve the patient outcome besides developing the nursing profession. However,little has been explored about nursing documentation practice in health care facilities of AddisAbaba, Ethiopia. Therefore; this study was conducted to assess documentation practice amongnurses working in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the self-reported practice of nursingdocumentation and associated factors among nurses working at Yekatit-12 , Ras DestaDamtew, Zewditu and Black Lion Specialized hospitals which are all located in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. Method: A quantitative descriptive cross sectional survey was employed to assess self-reportedpractice of nursing documentation and associated factors among nurses working in selectedpublic Hospitals. Data was collected using a structured self- administered questionnaire thatwas developed and pre-tested on 32 (10 %) of sampled nurses working in Minillik II Hospital.The study was conducted from April 3 – 17/2017 and the study participants were selectedrandomly. SPSS version 22 was used for both data entry and analysis. Descriptive statisticswas used to describe the data and binary logistic regression to test statistical association ofdocumentation practice against the knowledge, attitude and organizational factors. Result: Among all nurses who have participated in the study, good self-reported nursingdocumentation practice was 47.8 %. Work setting, adequacy of documenting sheets, adequacyof time, availability of motivation from supervisors, lack of skill and familiarity with operationalstandard of nursing documentation were significantly associated with practice of nursing caredocumentation [AOR=0.570(95% CI (0.345, 0.940), [AOR=3.610(95% CI (1.516, 8.595), AOR=4.891, 95% CI (2.425, 9.863), AOR =4.081, 95% CI (1.054, 15.806), AOR =0.109, 95% CI(0.013, 0.908) [AOR=1.947(95% CI (1.159, 3.269) respectively. Conclusion: Nursing documentation practice was poor among nurses under the study. Worksetting, adequacy of documenting sheets, adequacy of time, availability of motivation, lack ofskill and familiarity with operational standard of nursing documentation were significantlyassociated with practice of nursing care documentation Recommendation: Based on the finding of this study, employing institutions need to createawareness and provide training to enhance knowledge and skill of the nurses regardingdocumentation. Nursing leaders should motivate the employees to enhance the practice ofdocumentation, avail the necessary documenting materials besides adequate staffing whichmay be related to time shortage. Researchers also need to carry out large scale studies in orderto address the problem. Key words: Documentation, Self-reported practice, Nurses | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7504 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Documentation Self-reported practice Nurses | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Self-Reported Practice of Nursing Documentation and Associated Factors Among Nurses in Selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |