J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2021 May;27(2):152-162. 10.5977/jkasne.2021.27.2.152.

Effects of nursing record education focused on legal aspects at small and medium sized hospitals

• Do T
• Kim H

• KMID: 2516362
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2021.27.2.152

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of nursing record education on the knowledge and performance of nursing record of nurses at small- and medium-sized hospitals.
Methods
The participants were 62 nurses working in two small- and medium-sized hospitals. Thirty-two nurses comprised the experimental group, and 30 nurses comprised the control group. Nursing record education was provided for the experimental group. Data were analyzed by x²-test and t-test analysis using the IBM SPSS statistics 25.0 Program.
Results
After education, the knowledge (t=2.43, p=.019), performance (t=2.19, p=.033) and behavior scores (t=2.42, p=.018) on nursing record were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. Based on this result, nursing record education is an effective intervention to improve nurses’ knowledge and performance in writing nursing records in small- and medium-sized hospitals.
Conclusion
We suggest the development of a systematic and standardized education program on nursing record including its legal aspects, for nurses in small- and medium-sized hospitals. The results of this study can be used as basic data for developing a nursing record education program for small- and medium-sized hospitals.

Keyword

Behavior, Education, Knowledge, Nurses, Nursing records