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Comparing the quality of clinical performance and patient care in nurses working in oncology and general hospital departments
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Anahita Noori yekta   , Habib Shareinia , Moosa Sajjadi * |
| , : Sajjadi1975@gmail.com |
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Introduction: Caring for cancer patients is important in terms of the type of disease and the type of treatment they receive. However, the specific conditions of patients and the difficulty of working in the cancer department may affect the clinical performance and quality of care of nurses. This research was conducted with the aim of comparing clinical performance and quality of care in nurses working in oncology departments with nurses in general departments.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the sampling method was two-stage, stratified and simple random. 110 nurses from cancer departments and 110 nurses from general departments (internal and surgical departments) working in 3 hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences were selected in 1401. Nurses' performance was evaluated in three shifts in the morning, evening and night shifts with the Nurses' Clinical Performance Questionnaire (NCPQ) and Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire (QUALPAC). The data was statistically analyzed with SPSS version 21 software.
Results: In nurses working in oncology departments and general departments, the mean and standard deviation of the clinical performance score was 74.57±10.59 and 84.49±8.62, and the quality of care performance score was 243.10±39.79 and 283.71±30.68, respectively. A significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of performance score (P<0.001) and quality of care (P<0.001). Regarding the quality of nursing care, 0.9% and 0% had poor quality, 75.5% and 14.5% had average quality, and 23.6% and 85.5% had very good nursing care quality, respectively (P>0.001). In terms of the performance quality, 16.4% and 6.4% had medium, and 83.6% and 93.6% had very good performance quality (P=0.019).
Conclusion: The clinical performance and quality of nursing care in nurses working in cancer wards is significantly lower than nurses in general wards; which may be caused by psychological tensions and hardships in the work environment. Therefore, management and support measures are recommended in order to improve the clinical performance and quality of nursing care in nurses working in cancer departments.
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| Keywords: clinical performance, quality of care, nurses, oncology department, general departments |
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Type of Study: Medical Surgical Nursing |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2024/01/14 | Accepted: 2024/12/7 | Published: 2024/12/30
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