Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Health Science Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Health and Human Sciences
First Supervisor
Anton Hussey
Abstract
In this study it was proposed to examine the effect of educational intervention on nurses' abilities to write nursing diagnostic statements. Studies have shown that the way nurses write nursing diagnoses is an area of weakness in the overall documentation process, and this was perceived by the researcher as being true also in Western Australia. One reason for this, identified in the literature, appears to be lack of education in writing nursing diagnoses. This study was conducted in a 190-bed public hospital using an experimental research design, using control and experimental groups to test the hypothesis that nurses' abilities to write nursing diagnoses correctly will be improved by inservice education. A sample of 50 nurses was surveyed and were assigned to two groups of 25. Both groups were pre and post tested. Following data collection, the results were statistically analysed using Analysis of Covariance to determine the effects of the education. Results of the analysis revealed that the education of the 25 experimental group nurses had a significant effect on their ability to write nursing diagnoses...
Recommended Citation
Boardley, G. N. (1991). Do nurses write nursing diagnoses correctly?. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/396