IMPLEMENTATION AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE NURSING PROCESS AMONG NURSES WORKING IN SELECTED GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN PAKISTAN

Introduction: The nursing process is a structured and systematic process of providing goal-oriented and humanistic nursing care that is both efficient and effective. Objectives: The main objective of the study is to find the Implementation and factors affecting the nursing process among nurses working in selected government hospitals in Pakistan. Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Lady Willingdon Hospital, Lahore during 2020. This study was conducted in selected government hospitals of Pakistan. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires that were adapted and modified from various studies and had three parts. Results: The data was collected from 100 participants. The participants’ mean age was 32.49 years (SD 8.17) and 157 (96.9%) of them were female. The mean duration of participants’ work experience was 8 years and 5 months. Of the total number of participants in the study, 50 (50.6%) nurses had experienced inpatient falls and 78 (78.4%) nurses had participated in educational programs on fall prevention. Conclusion: It is concluded that nurses generally possess an inadequate level of knowledge pertaining to ulcer care despite a positive attitude. Nurses’ attitudes regarding falls were positively correlated with their engagement in fall-prevention activities, but their knowledge regarding falls was not.