Relationship Between Knowledge and Nurse Characteristics with the Completeness of Nursing Documentation in Inpatient Room of Bandung Muhammadiyah Hospital

Abstract

Nurses are obliged to document the nursing care. Documenting that is not done completely can reduce the quality of nursing service because it can not identify the extent of success level of nursing care that has been given and also a legal aspect because it can not be accountable to the client. This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and characteristics of nurses with the completeness of nursing care documentation in Inpatient Room Muhammadiyah Hospital Bandung. This research design uses quantitative descriptive design with correlation method. Sampling technique using nonprobability sampling with purposive sampling.Data samples obtained through questionnaire and observation sheet. The data were analyzed through univariate by using the frequency and bivariate distribution using Chi Square Test. The research result from 66 respondents was 20-30 years old (53,0%), last education majority of Nursing Diploma 50 people (75,7%), Type Sex majority of women 51 people (77.28%), and long working nurse majority <10 years 43 people (65.2%). Based on the result of bivariate analysis showed that there is correlation of nurse knowledge level with the completeness of nursing documentation documentation with Chi Square value (97,515) bigger than Chi Square table (49,273) with significance value (0,00)