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Home > Vol 26, No 4 (2008) > Thiangchanya

Nursing quality care indicators for elderly patients who have suffered stroke

P Thiangchanya, S Taboonpong, S Rattanalert, K Burks

Abstract

This study aimed to identify nursing quality care indicators for elderly patients who have suffered from stroke. The study consisted of two phases. In the beginning, focus group and semi structured interview were used to identify the perception of nursing quality care of the elderly patients suffering from stroke, their families, the physicians, and the nurses. The seventyfive care indicators of six nursing quality care aspects were emerged. Subsequently three-round Delphi study were used to find the 36 experts consensus regarding the important, the feasibility, and the face validity of the care indicators. For the result of the Delphi study, the number of pre-determined care indicators in each round was 75, 45 and 27. After round three, the twenty-five quality care indicators under six quality care aspects emerged. They were managing patient unit (5 indicators), nursing staff qualification (2 indicators), nursing care activity, (5 indicators), encouraging family participation in patient care (3 indicators), planning for discharge and promoting continuing care (4 indicators), and nursing care outcome (6 indicators). Nurses and nurse administrators could incorporate these results to improve the quality of nursing care for elderly patients who have suffered stroke.

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nursing quality care indicator, stroke

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K Burks

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