The Relationships among the Perception of Quality Assurance and National Hospital Evaluation Program and Nursing Performance of Hospital Nurses

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify relationships among the perception of quality assurance and national hospital evaluation program and nursing performance of hospital nurses. Method: The participants were 401 nurses who worked at the A medical center. The data were collected from 25 April to 9 May. 2008. The cross-sectional descriptive survey was done using a structured questionnaire. Result: The perception of the quality assurance correlated significantly with nursing performance. Also, the perception of national hospital program correlated significantly with nursing performance. However, the scores of perception of quality assurance & national evaluation program of hospital nurses is relatively low. Conclusions: These results means positive perception of quality assurance of nurses can produce good nursing performance. It suggests that nurses need more education and training for quality assurance. And the incentives will be needed to enhance the perception of quality assurance. Moreover, the detailed nursing performance indicators should be developed to measure the quality of nursing performance properly.