Development of standardized nursing care for patients with hypoxia tissue in the examination room of General Medicine Outpatient Department, MahaSarakham Hospital

Abstract

Nursing standards for patients with hypoxia are important for nursing practice tobuild confidence in the treatment of patients who come to out-patient services.

Objective : To study and create nursing standards for patients at risk of hypoxia and satisfaction of professional nurses in General examination room use nursing standards for patients with hypoxia in outpatients at MahaSarakham Hospital.

Methods : This was action research ,thepopulation and samples group were 10 who come to receive services at the outpatient of Maha Sarakham Hospital in 2018 and 5 professional nurses who work in the outpatient department.Research instruments were nursing practice records of nurses and a questionnaire for professional nurses’ satisfaction with the practice of nursing standards for patients at risk of hypoxia using rating scale at 5 levels, descriptive data analysis, using mean, standard deviation.

Result : Development of standardized nursing care for patients with hypoxia tissue in the general medical examination room, the outpatient department of MahaSarakham Hospital were divided into 6 standards, consisting of 1. Screening, history taking, and prioritizing priorities 2.Surveillance of patients at risk of hypoxia 3. Care for patients with hypoxia 4. Care received while waiting for examination5. Reducing anxiety related to illness and medical treatment and 6. Standard of referral for ongoing medical care at the wards or the accident-emergency room.And the results of the satisfaction level are divided into individual work characteristics of professional nurses to the practice of nursing standards, patients at risk of hypoxia, independence in the work and relations with colleagues overall was at the highest level = 128.6, (SD = 9.74)