Objective: Group discussion enhances the knowledge and the quality of cares provided for patients and reinforces nurses' skills and diagnostic reasoning, its effect on changing and respecting patients' right has though been less considered. This paper, thus, aims to study the effect of group discussion on nurses' performance in respecting the rights of patients staying inMadaniHospital inTabrizIran in 2014.
Methods: This is a semi-empirical research study conducted on nurses using a pre- and post-test design. A research sample of 71 nurses randomly selected with negative attitude scores or less than 80 on respecting patients' rights. Data were gathered by an observation checklist including the principle components of patients' physical, mental and social rights. Data were analyzed in SPSS.
Results: Mac Nemar Test was used to compare results before and after intervention. Results indicated that there was a significant statistical difference in the group on respecting patients' rights (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: According to results, group discussion may contribute to the improvement of nurses' performance in respecting and understanding patients' rights. Group discussion is recommended to be held as an appropriate method in educational therapy centers to improve nurses' perception of patients' rights
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | January 15, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 3 Issue: 1 |