Table 4.
The frequency distribution of the respondents opinion regarding the factors affecting implementation of nursing process in Afar region Hospitals, north East Ethiopia, 2016 (n= 102).
| Question | Response (n=102) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | I don't know | ||||
| F | % | F | % | F | % | |
| Lack of preparedness or knowledge about the nursing process or some part of it | 85 | 83.3 | 16 | 15.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Absence of in-service training pertinent to nursing process | 77 | 75.5 | 24 | 23.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of practice in implementation of nursing diagnosis | 63 | 61.8 | 38 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of time | 50 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| High patient flow | 48 | 47.1 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
| High patient to nurse ratio | 53 | 52 | 49 | 48 | -- | -- |
| Early patient discharge | 35 | 34.3 | 55 | 53.9 | 12 | 11.8 |
| Lack of resource | 43 | 42.2 | 56 | 54.9 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Lack of supports from colleagues | 43 | 42.2 | 58 | 56.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Poor/no support from administrators | 57 | 55.9 | 44 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of monitoring and evaluation | 57 | 55.9 | 44 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lack of motivation for implementers | 60 | 58.8 | 41 | 40.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Low satisfaction level | 75 | 73.5 | 27 | 26.5 | -- | -- |
| Low salary | 71 | 69.6 | 31 | 30.4 | -- | -- |
| Poor patient economic status | 36 | 35.3 | 65 | 63.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Patients awareness towards nursing process | 35 | 34.3 | 62 | 60.8 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Uncooperative patient | 33 | 32.4 | 65 | 63.7 | 4 | 3.9 |