Report of nursing at hospital

Abstract

Objectives: To know the opinion of nurses report on the realization of nursing report at hospital discharge. Methods: A sociological study - exploratory and cross-sectional incidental in a convenience sample of 400 nurses in the hospitals of the Region of Murcia (Spain), by applying a questionnaire. Results: Significant associations between the variable unit of work and writing of the paper (p= 0.000) and continuing education about it (p= 0.027) was obtained. The same applies to the health center variable (p= 0.001) and higher academic education (p = 0.049). Conclusions: The nurses say they are not prepared either theoretically or methodologically, to tackle the writing of the Nursing report at hospital discharge.