Sample Size And Reliability Of Nursing

Sample Size and Reliability

According to Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014), the patient sample size consisted of a baseline of 233, a three-month sample of 157, and a thirteen-month sample of 154 surveys. The valid and reliable survey tool used was adapted from Larrabee Patient Judgements of Nursing Care with a Cronbach’s alpha scoring of 0.96 (Sand-Jecklin & Sherman, 2014). The nursing sample size consisted of a baseline of 148, a three-month sample of 98, and a thirteen-month sample of 54 surveys (Sand-Jecklin & Sherman, 2014). The valid and reliable survey for nurses was conducted from a review of literature focusing on bedside reporting and reviewed by medical experts such as medical surgical managers and consisted of a Cronbach’s alpha scoring of 0.90 (Sand-Jecklin & Sherman, 2014). Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014) state the following:

The 17-item nursing survey contained items such as perceived efficiency and effectiveness of report; perceptions of report helping to identify recent changes in patient status and promote patient safety; whether they felt that report promoted patient involvement in care; the influence of report on nurse mentoring, teamwork and accountability; and perceptions of whether report provided all information needed for patient care. (p. 2857)

This study did a conduction from data analysis of variance between groups using the Dunnett T-3 post hoc comparisons for both pre and post implementation of patient and nurse responses (Sand-Jecklin & Sherman, 2014). Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014) found the following:

Responses to ‘report helps prevent patient safety problems’ were significantly more positive at 13 months postimplementation than both baseline and three months postimplementation. The number of...

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...line process and will improve over time, will help with gaining acceptance. For example, Evans et al. (2012) report that in 2007, the average report time is 45 minutes and in 2008, it decreased to 29 minutes.

Conclusion

Bedside reporting has essential benefits for those that reside in private rooms in a long-term care geriatric community. Research data reveals a decrease in falls with adapting to the new practice guideline of bedside reporting. In addition, literature discovered the improvements with communication and satisfaction with patients and healthcare staff over plans of care. In conclusion, if staff will adhere to the new practice guideline of bedside reporting, the staff and patient will notice an improvement in communication and a decrease of falls leading to an overall improvement in safety and quality of care that the geriatric patient will receive.