Table 4 Percentage distribution of items for satisfaction with nursing care in admitted Adult Patients of public hospitals of Amhara Region, 2017
Sub-scale category | Items | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Health information | I receive useful information about my condition from the nurses | 3 | 0.5 | 65 | 11.5 | 351 | 62.3 | 144 | 25.6 |
I receive useful information for the importance of body positioning | 17 | 3 | 71 | 12.6 | 357 | 63.4 | 118 | 21 | |
Nurses explain nursing procedure clearly before they perform it | 13 | 2.3 | 99 | 17.6 | 322 | 57.2 | 129 | 22.9 | |
Nurses provide me with important information during hospitalization | 10 | 1.8 | 72 | 12.8 | 345 | 61.3 | 136 | 24.2 | |
Nurses are able to answer my questions in my hospital stay | 14 | 2.5 | 65 | 11.5 | 334 | 59.3 | 150 | 26.6 | |
Affective support | I feel safe when I receive nursing care from nurses | 8 | 1.4 | 55 | 9.8 | 344 | 61.1 | 156 | 27.7 |
Nurses use physical touch in supporting me | 9 | 1.6 | 160 | 28.4 | 303 | 53.8 | 91 | 16.2 | |
Nurses treat me with respect | 4 | 0.7 | 75 | 13.3 | 321 | 57 | 163 | 29 | |
Nurses are caring | 13 | 2.3 | 69 | 12.3 | 315 | 56 | 166 | 29.5 | |
Nurses smile whenever they approach me | 21 | 3.7 | 91 | 16.2 | 322 | 57.2 | 129 | 22.9 | |
Nurses give encouragement to me | 4 | 0.7 | 79 | 14 | 339 | 60.2 | 141 | 25 | |
Decisional control | I can make my own decision when being cared by nurses | 10 | 1.8 | 149 | 26.5 | 330 | 58.6 | 74 | 13.1 |
Nurses involve me in hospital care | 11 | 2 | 159 | 28.2 | 337 | 59.9 | 56 | 9.9 | |
Nurses involve my family/attendant in hospital care | 8 | 1.4 | 155 | 27.5 | 324 | 57.5 | 76 | 13.5 | |
Professional-technical competencies | Nurses are skillful in performing nursing procedures | 6 | 1.1 | 36 | 6.4 | 368 | 65.4 | 153 | 27.2 |
Nurses deliver care competently | 2 | 0.4 | 52 | 9.2 | 365 | 64.8 | 144 | 25.6 | |
Nurses render nursing care without delay | 5 | 0.9 | 108 | 19.2 | 316 | 56.1 | 134 | 23.8 | |
Nurses ask my permission before performing any nursing procedure | 4 | 0.7 | 102 | 18.1 | 347 | 61.6 | 110 | 19.5 | |
Nurses are professional when rendering nursing service | 13 | 2.3 | 56 | 9.9 | 349 | 62 | 145 | 25.8 | |
I have been given privacy from nurses | 18 | 3.2 | 118 | 21 | 340 | 60.4 | 87 | 15.5 | |