Patient’s Rights as Perceived by Nurses and Patients | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2020, Page 73-81 PDF (339.9 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.72595 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Harisa Mohamed El-Shimy; Hemat Abd Elazeem Mostafa; Marwa Hamedy Bioumey | ||||
| Nursing Administration department-Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background:Patient’s rights are an important issue for achieving quality in health care. Patient`s rights are a comprehensive statement that helps patients to understand their rights and responsibilities. The aim: to investigate perception of the patients versus nurses regarding patient's bill of rights. Design: comparative descriptive study was used. Setting: the study conducted at Diarb Negm general hospital. Subjects: Two groups of subjects were included in the present study: nurses group and patients` group. Tool: one questionnaire sheet which includes two parts: first part was personal characteristics; and the second part was patient`s bill of rights Questionnaire sheet. Results: the study showed that most of nurses had a positive perception toward patient`s rights, also, most of patients had a positive perception toward patient`s rights. Conclusion: the study findings showed that there is a significant difference in perception in two study group (nurses and patients) especially in the perception of general rights. Recommendation: the study recommended that the concept of patient`s rights should be included in the undergraduate and postgraduate study in nursing. The hospital should foster patients` awareness of their rights. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Patient`s rights; Nurses; perception | ||||
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