Investigation of nurses’ readiness levels in different wards of the hospital

INTRODUCTION: The level of nurses’ readiness and knowledge can significantly influence on the quality of treatment and patients’ health. Nurses should have a high level of knowledge and understanding of clinical care and its aspects. According to this issue, our study has been performed with the aim to compare the readiness of different wards of the hospital in evaluating important indicators of clinical care. METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 99 medical staff working in different wards of the hospital – during July 2020 to December 2021. Nurses in different wards of the hospital were compared in terms of care indicators. The tool used was a checklist for the effectiveness and evaluation of clinical care. The data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software. FINDINGS: About 16.3% of the nurses were male, and 85.7% were female. Nurses in different wards were significantly different in terms of catheter and ligament care, blood transfusion and products, serum therapy and IV therapy, communication and training skills, pharmaceutical processes, and working with ventilators (p < 0.05). Emergency and general wards’ nurses showed better readiness for pharmaceutical processes and emergency, and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ward nurses showed the best readiness in relation to catheter care and absorption and excretion processes and blood transfusion and products (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Despite an appropriate readiness in many wards, care readiness was placed on a lower extent in some wards. There were also limitations, strengths, and weaknesses in some aspects, including medication, care and standards, and infection control, which, because of this issue, can help improve nurses’ performance in the future.