Perceptions of Health Care Consumers, Deliverers and Nurse Educators on Nursing Practice

Abstract

Health is a fundamental human right and nurses are considered as the indispensible members of the health team. Nursing education is growing on one side and need for qualified nurses is on the rise owing to growing disease burden. Today nursing practice is within the perview of quality control. Technology oriented nursing of today welcomes nurses with clinical and and technical competency. Knowing the perspectives of consumers and providers in India is very essential at this stage of an attempt of globalizing nursing. In this survey an attempt was made to realize the current perceptions of doctors, nurses, nurse educators and in-patientson nursing practice. The perceptions of consumers significantly varied from other health health team memebrs and this calls the nursing community to unite to raise to the status and standard of nursing.

Creating a Patient-Centered Health Care Delivery System

“…Eight studies reported that patients’ perception of quality related directly to how they viewed the clinical quality and provider’s knowledge and skills. This was described by nurses and physicians having a high level of knowledge, 8 absence of errors, the treatment causes the patient to feel better, 14 the latest technology and drugs are used, 14 the thoroughness of the physical examination, 3 and frequent staff training. 33…”

“…Provider accessibility perception included a variety of perceptions; availability of health care provider, 26 providing different health care services to the patient within the same geographic area, 26 patients assigned and attended to by the same providers, 23,26 and spending more time caring for patients 3 were commonly reported. In the inpatient setting, clinical quality 8,33,37 followed by the physical environment were commonly reported. In the emergency department setting, patient–provider communication, followed by physical environment and pain control, were reported.…”