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Nursing Diagnosis & Midwifery 2018
S e p t e m b e r 1 0 - 1 1 , 2 0 1 8
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
Page 51
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
E u r o S c i C o n E v e n t o n
Nursing Diagnosis &
Midwifery
Research has demonstrated that quality of care, patient and nurse outcomes
are important in healthcare. The goal of this research project was to describe
staff nurses' perception of the quality of care, patient and nurse outcomes and
examine the relationship of the variables with the nurses’ perception of their
nurse managers’ leadership practices. There were 150 surveys distributed and
all RNs, LPNs and RPNs from three surgical units in two hospitals were invited
to complete two surveys. One survey was asking for their perception of their
nurse managers’ leadership practices using Kouzes and Posners Leadership
Practice Inventory (LPI) (2013). The second survey captured their perception
of quality of care on the unit, staff intent to leave, medication safety and overall
patient safety. There were 103 completed surveys returned. Data was entered
into SPSS and descriptive analysis and regression analysis were conducted to
examine the relationships between the perception of the managers' leadership
practices and the quality of care, patient and nurse safety. The statistical
analysis did not show a relationship between leadership and the outcomes.
However, a significant finding was that 65% of the nurses did report that the
overall quality on the unit in the last year had deteriorated. This session will
report on the findings of the research project and the follow up with the nursing
staff on the three surgical units.
Biography
Karen Eisler has been a RN for over 40 years. She has worked as
a clinical RN for 20 years in ICU and Emergency in an acute care
hospital in Regina and for 20 years primarily in Administrative
positions. The most recent was as the Executive Director of the
Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association. Her Master’s
thesis and Doctoral research was in Nursing Leadership. The
results indicated that managers’ use of transformational
leadership practices can affect the staff nurses’ perception of
the quality of patient care on a unit. Her research interest is
in Nursing Leadership related to patient and staff outcomes,
quality workplaces and provincial and national nursing
regulation.
Hospital nurses' perception of the quality of patient care,
patient and nurse safety on their unit
Karen Eisler1, Liz Domm, Ann-Marie Urban and Emily Rohde
1University of Regina, Canada
Karen Eisler et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018 Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C4-011