J Korean Acad Nurs.  2001 Jun;31(3):380-390.

Content Analysis of Quality Nursing Care Perceived by Nurses

• Kwon SB
• Chi SA
• Back KS
• Yu SO
• Ju SN
• Kim BJ
• Lee HS
• Ann OH

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was designed to explore the perceptions of quality nursing care among nurses. METHOD: The data were analyzed using content analysis. The data were collected from 19 nurses who worked at diverse clinical areas in 8 general and university hospitals with over 400 beds. RESULT: 1. The attributes of quality nursing care were categorized into 7 hierarchies in the order of 'caring' (40.65%), 'specialty' (29.03%), 'nurse attainments' (15.48%), 'patient- centered nursing management' (6.45%), 'sincerity' (5.16%), 'kindness' (2.58%), 'satisfaction' (0.65%). 2. The concept of quality nursing care were defined as 'giving a satisfaction both to patients and nurses through patient-centered nursing management with specialty and caring in the ground of the kindness and sincerity'. CONCLUSION: Based on there findings, we suggest that the study results should be used for development of a quality assurance tool in nursing practice, patient care in hospital setting, education of nurses and nursing students. In addition, further repeated studies need to be conducted.

Keyword

Quality nursing care; Perception of nurses

MeSH Terms

Education
Hospitals, University
Humans
Nursing Care*
Nursing*
Patient Care
Patient-Centered Care
Students, Nursing