Abstract:
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Nursing Process is a systematic problem-solving approach used to
identify, prevent and treat actual or potential health problems and promote wellness. It
ensures patient safety, decreases the occurrence of patient preventable events, and
proactively address problems before they occur. But because of different factors the
implementation of the standards is lacking in developing countries, including Ethiopia,
more over little is known about the current nursing process implementation status in
the West Amhara referral Hospitals.
Objective : The main purpose of this study was to assess implementation of nursing
process and associated factors among nurses in west Amhara Referral Hospitals,
2017.
Methods : An institution based cross-sectional study design triangulated with
qualitative design was conducted among 388 nurses and 7 key informants from
March15-may 15/2017 After proportional allocation of study subjects to each Referral
Hospital, both simple random for quantitative and purposive for qualitative sampling
techniques were used. pre coded Self administered questionnaires and record review
for quantitative data and In depth interview for qualitative data were employed during
data collection. Quantitative data was entered by Epi info version7.2 and exported to
SPSS version 20 for analysis. Binary logistic regression model was fitted , Both bivariable
and multi-variable analysis were employed. The qualitative data analysis was
done using thematic analysis. Ethical procedures were followed during the whole
process of research work.
Result: A total of 364 nurses with response rate of 93.8% and 7 key informants
were participated in the study. the overall nursing process implementation among
nurses in West Amhara Referral Hospitals was found to be 61%
Key words : nursing process implementation, Associated factors, Referral Hospitals
