Patients’ Perception to Achieving Optimum Nursing Care and Health Outcomes Among Orthopedic Patients at Kerugoya County Referral Hospital, Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Abstract

Background: Nursing services are very crucial in the care of orthopedic patients in terms of satisfaction with quality care. Patients’ perception on the optimum nursing care is the view from the point of service delivery to assessment post-delivery. Thus, the study intended to assess patients’ perceptions to achieving optimum nursing care and health outcome in Kerugoya County Referral Hospital (KCRH). Methods: Data was collected prospectively within a period of one month using cross sectional analytical design. Census was utilized to get 70 orthopedic patients and 30 healthcare workers in orthopedic units. Result: About of the participants had a negative perception of the healthcare workers not having adequate time and also not working as a team. Despite this, more than half (54.3%) of the patients had a positive attitude towards the care offered. Overall satisfaction with the services offered (AOR= 7.8, C. I= 1.010-13.995, p-value = 0.039). Conclusion: Patients perceived sub-optimal nursing care of health worker time for their care and health worker teamwork but despite this there was better overall positive attitude on optimum healthcare offered.