This project is aiming to increase the integrity rate of the nursing instruction for the first time hospitalized patients hemodialysis. complete rate of nursing instruction can reduce patients’ anxiety about their treatment and care as well as improve their self-care ability. Statistic showed, from November 2019 to March 2020, the Integrity rate of nursing instruction was only 59.6%.
After clinical investigation, incomplete nursing instruction is the cause, nine improvement countermeasures were provided after literature review they are: revising the implementation content of nursing instruction, specifying guidance items to be included in the shift handover, formulating health education leaflet, making the pre-dialysis visit pamphlet and multimedia video, Standardizing the information and reminder design of health education recording sheet, adding nursing instruction for the first Pre-hemodialysis visit, developing nursing guidance inspection program and QR code linked guidance leaflet and videos.
After these strategies were executed, the complete rate of the first time hospitalized patients receiving hemodialysis nursing instruction increased from 59.6% to 100%, and the patient satisfaction has been indirectly improved. This project successfully achieved its objectives, and the quality of nursing care was also improved positively.