Purpose: This study was designed to explore the perceptions of quality nursing care among nurses.
Method: The data were analyzed using content analysis. The data were collected from 19 nurses who worked at diverse clinical areas in 8 general and university hospitals with over 400 beds.
Result: 1. The attributes of quality nursing care were categorized into 7 hierarchies in the order of ¡®caring¡¯ (40.65%), ¡®specialty¡¯ (29.03%), ¡®nurse attainments¢¥ (15.48%), ¡®patient- centered nursing management¡¯ (6.45%), ¡®sincerity¡¯ (5.16%), ¡®kindness¡¯ (2.58%), ¡®satisfaction¡¯ (0.65%). 2. The concept of quality nursing care were defined as ¡®giving a satisfaction both to patients and nurses through patient-centered nursing management with specialty and caring in the ground of the kindness and sincerity¢¥.
Conclusion: Based on there findings, we suggest that the study results should be used for development of a quality assurance tool in nursing practice, patient care in hospital setting, education of nurses and nursing students. In addition, further repeated studies need to be conducted.
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