Nursing Need and Satisfaction of Patients in Hospice Ward.
10.14475/kjhpc.2014.17.4.248
- Author:
Jung Ah KIM
1
;
Kyunghee KIM
;
Hee Sun KANG
;
Ji Su KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hospices;
Needs assessment;
Personal satisfaction;
Nursing care
- MeSH:
Education;
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing;
Hospices*;
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Needs Assessment;
Nursing Care;
Nursing*;
Occupations;
Palliative Care;
Personal Satisfaction
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2014;17(4):248-258
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to explore the nursing needs and satisfaction of patients who are hospitalized at hospice palliative care institutions. METHODS: This study included 80 hospice patients who were in-patients of the hospice department of two general hospitals in S city. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients using the IBM SPSS 20.0 program. RESULTS: The mean score of nursing needs and satisfaction were 3.58 (+/-0.31) and 3.25 (+/-0.20) respectively. Significant differences in hospice nursing needs and satisfaction were observed in terms of general characteristics including gender, education level, occupation, religion, support for medical expense and functional status. Significant positive correlation was found between the overall nursing needs and nursing satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, in order to improve the quality of hospice service, further study is necessary in a comprehensive manner to develop nursing intervention to meet physical, psychological/social, spiritual, and educational/referral nursing needs of hospice in-patients.
