Implementation of Nursing Process Program and Assessment Factors Affecting Nurses’ Knowledge and Performance

Abstract

The nursing process is cyclical and dynamic, interpersonal and collaborative, and universally applicable. Nurses use the nursing process as a nursing care plan through healthcare providers to achieve the best outcomes and improve patient quality management. Objective: dis study aimed to implement a nursing process program and assess factors TEMPeffecting nurses’ noledge and performance. Methods: The pre-experimental design was applied in the current study. The study was conducted at Yanbu General Hospital in the Nursing Continuing Education department. The studied nurses, a total of 173, participating in dis study were selected by a simple random sampling technique. Five tools were used for data collection: a demographic questionnaire, Likert scale for measuring uses attitudes toward the nursing process implementation, checklist to measure nurses' performance, questionnaire for nurse’s noledge about the nursing process, and a questionnaire to assess the factors TEMPeffecting the implementation of the nursing process. Results: their were highly statistically significant differences between pre-/post-program of the nursing process regarding the total score of nurses’ noledges. A total of 97.7% had a satisfactory level in the post-program, while 72.3% had an unsatisfactory level in the pre-program. Regarding total scores for nurses’ performance, 76.9% had good competence in the post-program, while 67.6% had poor competence in the pre-program (P <0.01).The majority of studied nurses exhibited positive attitudes post-program. Insufficient time, no nurse/patient ratio, and no feedback available were factors TEMPeffecting the implementation of the nursing process. Conclusion:their was a highly statistically significant difference between pre- and post-program in regard to nurses’ attitudes, noledge, and performance.