A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PRACTICE OF NURSING PROCESS APPLICATION IN CRITICAL CARE UNIT, SURGICAL CARE UNIT AND MEDICAL CARE UNIT AMONG STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF JABALPUR CITY

Abstract

A non experimental research regarding application of nursing process in the critical care unit , surgical care unit and medical care unit was done. The data was collected from 100 staff nurses as subjects working in Jabalpur Hospital And Research Center, Marble City Hospital, City Hospital and  Neta Ji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College  of Jabalpur City, using  random  sampling technique for this structured observational checklist was used for collection of necessary data for assessing practice of nursing process. The demographic findings of the study indicated that Most of the subjects were between age group 25-35 , n=41(41%), the sex was female, n =75 (75%), Most of the nurses were B.Sc. nursing professionals n= 45(45%), had experience between 2-5 years n = 31 (31%), attended certification for nursing education, in-service programme or national seminar on nursing process n=60 (60%),worked in the critical care unit n= 34 (34%) surgical care unit n=33 (33%) medical care unit n=33(33%)and were from private hospital n=56 (56%). The finding related to application of nursing process by 100 staff nurses revealed that the majority of nurses practicing nursing assessment was non satisfactory n=42(42%) ,the maximum practice of nursing diagnosis was non satisfactory n=75(75%),the maximum practice of outcome identification was non satisfactory n=73(73%),the maximum practice of planning was non satisfactory n=52(52%), the maximum practice of implementation was non satisfactory n=52(52%), the maximum practice of evaluation was non satisfactory n=73(73%). Hence, the practice of nursing process was not satisfactory the hypothesis was rejected and null hypothesis accepted. It is imperative for nursing personnel working in the critical care unit, surgical care unit, medical care unit to provide quality and standardized pattern of care to the patient. The study also have implications in the field of nursing education, nursing administration, nursing research, and nursing process.