Title: Registered nurse perceptions towards the implementation of nursing diagnoses in perioperative care: A qualitative study
Abstract: Nursing diagnoses constitute an essential step to the nursing process and a challenging goal in embedding them into clinical practice. The study aimed to explore registered nurses’ perceptions towards the implementation of nursing diagnoses in perioperative care and the factors affecting their applicability. A qualitative study with open-ended questions was carried out between February and April 2020. The study convenient sample consisted of 35 registered nurses working in the operating room and surgical clinics of a university hospital in Greece. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Three themes emerged from this analysis justifying participants’ agreement with the implementation of nursing diagnoses: ‘quality of the perioperative nursing care’, ‘interdisciplinary collaboration and communication’ and ‘ethical issues’. In addition, facilitating and hindering factors for their implementation in clinical practice were identified. Three themes emerged functioning as facilitators: ‘role of the nurse and nursing care organization’, ‘role of the patient’ and ‘interdisciplinary collaboration’. The themes which were identified as hindering factors were: ‘work organization’, ‘patient needs’ and ‘necessary requirements’. Registered nurses in Greece expressed positive perceptions towards the implementation of nursing diagnoses in perioperative care, highlighting their importance and utilization in the care process. These results can be used to develop strategies to promote nursing diagnosing in perioperative nursing and can be used for further research.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-05-24
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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