This document discusses factors that affect the quality of nursing care and services. It identifies several factors such as the experience of nurses, number of non-nurses involved in patient care, quality of teaching and supervision, physical facilities, equipment and supplies, working hours, and morale. High quality nursing care depends on these factors as well as the services available, degree of illness, hospital affiliation, ward plan, nursing procedures, and standards of nursing care. The document emphasizes the importance of organizing nursing services effectively to maximize the quality of care provided.

1. Anjana thomas
FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF NURSING
CARE AND SERVICES

2. INTRODUCTION
 Nursing profession is considered a caring
profession to begin with, it was an art and a
vocation.
 It is considered a scientific profession.
 Nursing is the oldest of arts and youngest of
professions.
 Nursing has a long and rich international
heritage, filled with colorful event and people.

3. NURSING CARE
Nursing care is defined as the care of
patient with regard to nursing need, with
ever increasing dimension of medical
sciences quantitatively and qualitatively.

4. NURSING SERVICES
WHO expert committee on nursing defines the
nursing services as the part of the total health
organization which aims to satisfy major
objectives of nursing. Services is to provide
prevention of diseases and promotion of
health.

5. ORGANISATION OF NURSING
SERVICES

6. AIMS AND ROLE OF NURSING
SERVICES
Selection of qualified nurse by recruitment
Provide adequate facility to nurse
Improvement in working condition
Provision for physical examination and
treatment
Provision for pension
Holding of regular staff meeting
Provide temporary services

7. Recruitment of men as student nurse
Exchange of nurses
Lack of promotional avenues for ANM
Reduction in period of training of ANM
Reduction of lady health visitors course
Setting up of training division at the ministry
of health

8. FACTORS INFLUENCE THE HIGH QUALITY
OF NURSING CARE
 Services available
 According to the degree or period of illness
 The experience of the nurses
 The no.of non nurses who involved in patient
care
 The amount and quality of teaching
 Quality of supervision

9.  Method of appointment of medical staff
 Affiliation of hospital
 The plan of the ward
 The physical facilities
 Amount of equipments and supplies
 Working hours of nurses
 The morale of the workers
 Method of performing nursing procedure

10.  Time required for hospital routines, record
and report keeping
 The method of assignment
 Standards of nursing care
 Good ward management

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 B.T Basvanthappa ‘ Nursing Adminstration’
2nd edition, JP brothers medical publications,
page no : 543-549, 405
 S. Priya, Nursing Administration, ora
publiations, page no: 352-353

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