Relationship between the importance attached by nurses working in gynecology clinics to patient privacy and perception of patients on nursing care

32^nd Euro Nursing and Medicare Summit

October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France

Reva Balci Akpinar and Meyreme Aksoy

Ataturk University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the importance attached by nurses working in gynecology clinics to patient confidentiality and perception of patients on nursing care. Method: This is a descriptive type research which consisted of the nurses working in the gynecology clinics of Erzurum Nenehatun Maternity Hospital, Erzurum Regional Training Hospital and the patients treated in these clinics between October 2016 and January 2017. No sampling method was used in the study. Among the patients agreed to participate in the study, 123 female patients and 48 nurses who provide care to them were included in the study. Patient Information Form, Patients' Perception of Nursing Care Scale (PPNCS), Nurse Information, and the Patient Privacy Scale were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: It was determined that the average of the patients included in the study was 30.93�±8.28, 31.7% was primary school graduate and 81.3% was housewife. The mean score of the patients from the patients' perception of nursing care scale was 63.04�±11.09. When the characteristics of the nurses were examined, it was determined that their average age was 31.60�±8.76, the average occupational experience was 11.17�±8.93 years and 50.4% had a nursing education at the undergraduate level. The average score of the nurses in patient privacy scale was found to be 122.89�±14.59. A positive relationship was found between the importance attached by nurses to patient privacy and the perception of the patients regarding nursing care (r=0.34, p<0.05). Conclusion: As a result, it was determined that nurses' perceptions of patient confidentiality and satisfaction of patients about nursing care were higher and that the perception of patients on nursing care increases positively as the importance attached by nurses to patient confidentiality increases.

Biography :

Meyreme Aksoy has graduated in Nursing in 2006 and completed her Master's Degree in Nursing from Atatürk University Faculty of Health Sciences, Fundamental of Nursing in 2015. Currently, she is a PhD student and Research Assistant at the Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamental of Nursing.