Table 2.
The attitudes of the respondents towards the nursing process in Mekelle Zone Hospitals, northern Ethiopia, March 2011 (n = 200).
| Variables | Strongly agree | Agree | I do not know | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| I like the aim of nursing process | 74 | 37.0 | 116 | 58.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 2.5 |
| I am convinced the NP will work if applied in patient care | 55 | 27.5 | 122 | 61.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| The nursing process is an elaborated Kardex system | 24 | 12.0 | 77 | 38.5 | 42 | 21.0 | 50 | 25.0 | 7 | 3.5 |
| The nursing process should be used by BSc and above nurses only | 13 | 6.5 | 43 | 21.5 | 17 | 8.5 | 97 | 48.5 | 30 | 15.0 |
| The nursing process works well in practice | 48 | 24.0 | 110 | 55.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 5.5 |
| The nursing process can be used in any settings | 38 | 19.0 | 107 | 53.5 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| There is no enough time to apply NP during pt care | 49 | 24.5 | 61 | 30.5 | 15 | 7.5 | 53 | 26.5 | 22 | 11.0 |
| Nursing process is a waste of time | 35 | 17.5 | 51 | 25.5 | 25 | 12.5 | 58 | 29.0 | 31 | 15.5 |
| I am ready for the application of nursing process | 34 | 17.0 | 129 | 64.5 | 19 | 9.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.5 |
| The Kardex system of nursing record is unsatisfactory | 20 | 10.0 | 97 | 48.5 | 34 | 17.0 | 28 | 14.0 | 21 | 10.5 |
| The NP simplifies the awareness of pt needs | 45 | 22.5 | 123 | 61.5 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Priorities of care are easy to identify using NP | 54 | 27.0 | 124 | 62.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| I am fed up with hearing about the nursing process | 26 | 13.0 | 76 | 38.0 | 41 | 20.5 | 49 | 24.5 | 8 | 4.0 |
| The nursing process involves too much of paper work | 18 | 9.0 | 61 | 30.5 | 23 | 11.5 | 74 | 37.0 | 24 | 12.0 |
| NP enable nurses to provide quality of nursing care to pts | 54 | 27.0 | 122 | 61.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 4 | 2.0 |
| I am willing to apply nursing process during pt care | 51 | 25.5 | 123 | 61.5 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 3.0 |
| I think introduction of NP will cause a problem | 6 | 3.0 | 25 | 12.5 | 45 | 22.5 | 94 | 47.0 | 30 | 15.0 |
| I think pts will not like to be cared for using the NP | 7 | 3.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 45 | 22.5 | 102 | 51.0 | 28 | 14.0 |
| I think the nursing staff have no willingness to apply NP | 13 | 6.5 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 19.0 | 90 | 45.0 | 21 | 10.5 |
| I think the staff will never accept the nursing process | 20 | 10.0 | 25 | 12.5 | 31 | 15.5 | 99 | 49.5 | 25 | 12.5 |