Awareness of Nurses about Patients’ Rights and the Extent They Respect It
Background and Objectives: Patients’ rights are the patients’ expectations from health services. Patients’ rights declaration is to protect individuals’ rights in order to be ensured, in case of being sick they will receive enough qualified care in a respectful context regardless of their age, gende...
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| author | Amir Vahedian Azimi Somaye Ghasem Kashani Azar Avazeh Mansore Sepehri Nia Mahin Rohani |
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| description | Background and Objectives: Patients’ rights are the patients’ expectations from health services. Patients’ rights declaration is to protect individuals’ rights in order to be ensured, in case of being sick they will receive enough qualified care in a respectful context regardless of their age, gender, and economic situation. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of nurses’ awareness from patients’ rights and the extent to which they respect such rights in Mashhad’s hospitals.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The participants were 486 nurses who were selected based on the random simple stratified sampling . The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire including two main sections: 1) demographic information and 2) situational rights of the patients. Data were analysed in the SPSS.
Results: The results of the study revealed that the level of awareness and the degree to which the nurses observe patients’ rights were at excellent level in more than 50% of the cases. The study also demonstrated that awareness and observation of the patients’ rights were not significantly correlated to age, experience, and educational level ( P>0/05) .
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, observation of the patients’ rights were at excellence level in more than half of the cases however, regarding the importance of the issue in question, it is essential that policymakers set legislating rules which protect patients’ and nurses’ rights, so as to expect improvements in the quality of health and clinical services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e18f5257b77b45a9afcd16a6dadf942e2022-12-21T23:02:45ZengZanjan University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesPreventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal2588-445X2588-445X2011-09-01115563Awareness of Nurses about Patients’ Rights and the Extent They Respect ItAmir Vahedian Azimi0Somaye Ghasem Kashani1Azar Avazeh2Mansore Sepehri Nia3Mahin Rohani4 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan Payam Norr University, Branch of Tehran School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan Background and Objectives: Patients’ rights are the patients’ expectations from health services. Patients’ rights declaration is to protect individuals’ rights in order to be ensured, in case of being sick they will receive enough qualified care in a respectful context regardless of their age, gender, and economic situation. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of nurses’ awareness from patients’ rights and the extent to which they respect such rights in Mashhad’s hospitals. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The participants were 486 nurses who were selected based on the random simple stratified sampling . The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire including two main sections: 1) demographic information and 2) situational rights of the patients. Data were analysed in the SPSS. Results: The results of the study revealed that the level of awareness and the degree to which the nurses observe patients’ rights were at excellent level in more than 50% of the cases. The study also demonstrated that awareness and observation of the patients’ rights were not significantly correlated to age, experience, and educational level ( P>0/05) . Conclusion: According to the results of the study, observation of the patients’ rights were at excellence level in more than half of the cases however, regarding the importance of the issue in question, it is essential that policymakers set legislating rules which protect patients’ and nurses’ rights, so as to expect improvements in the quality of health and clinical services.http://zums.ac.ir/nmcjournal/article-1-29-en.htmlkeywords: patients’ rightsknowledgepracticenurse. |
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| title | Awareness of Nurses about Patients’ Rights and the Extent They Respect It |
| title_full | Awareness of Nurses about Patients’ Rights and the Extent They Respect It |
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| title_short | Awareness of Nurses about Patients’ Rights and the Extent They Respect It |
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| topic | keywords: patients’ rights knowledge practice nurse. |
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