Asian Nurs Res.  2014 Dec;8(4):282-285. 10.1016/j.anr.2014.10.005.

Impact of Regular Nursing Rounds on Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care

• Negarandeh R
• Hooshmand Bahabadi A
• Aliheydari Mamaghani J

• KMID: 2070316
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.anr.2014.10.005

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of regular nursing rounds on patient satisfaction with nursing care.
METHODS
This was a controlled clinical trial in which 100 hospitalized patients in a medical surgical ward were allocated to control and experimental groups through convenience sampling. The experimental group received regular nursing rounds every 1e2 hours. Routine care was performed for the control group. Patient satisfaction with the quality of nursing care was assessed on the second and fifth days of hospitalization in both groups using Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire.
RESULTS
On the second day, patient satisfaction scores of the two groups had no significant difference (p = .499). However, the intervention was associated with statistically significant increased patient satisfaction in the experimental group compared to the control group (p < .001).
CONCLUSION
Implementing regular nursing rounds had a positive impact on patient satisfaction. This method may hence improve patient-nurse interactions and promote the quality of nursing care and patient satisfaction.

Keyword

communication; needs assessment; nurse's practice patterns; patient satisfaction

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Iran
Male
Middle Aged
Nurse's Practice Patterns/*organization & administration
*Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing Staff, Hospital
*Patient Satisfaction
Questionnaires
Young Adult