Purpose
This descriptive study aimed to identify the effects of purposeful and timely nursing rounds on patients' perception of the quality of nursing services and nurses' perception of nursing rounds.
Methods
Intentional nursing rounds were conducted by communicating patients’ questions on pain, position, pump, potty, and possessions. A total of 144 nurses and 149 patients participated, and data were collected using self-report questionnaires. The independent t-test, x ² test, and Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test were used to analyze the data with SPSS version 24.0.
Results
Although intentional nursing rounds improved the nurses’ perception of nursing rounds, there was no significant difference. The nurses’ benefit had the lowest score (3.36), and the benefit of communication with patients had the highest score (3.79). Intentional nursing rounds significantly improved the patients’ perception of the quality of nursing services in the intervention group. Among the factors of empathy (Z=4.98, p<.001) related to the quality of nursing services as perceived by the patient, assurance (Z=5.50, p<.001), reliability (Z=4.43, p<.001), and responsiveness (Z=5.02, p<.001) significantly increased.
Conclusion
Intentional nursing rounds positively affected patients’ perception of the quality of nursing service. It is important to improve intentional nursing rounds to enhance nurses’ perceptions of them.

Citations

• Associations of perceptions of patient safety culture, job crafting, and perceptions of patient rounding with patient safety management activities among tertiary hospital nurses
  Saet-Byeol Kim, Yun-Hee Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2024; 26(3): 259.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of perceptions of patient rounding, self-leadership and nursing organization culture on intentional rounding performance.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 210 nurses who had the experience of patient rounding care in general hospitals in B and Y cities. Data were collected from February 5th to 22nd, 2018. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, χ² test, and independent t-test. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors influencing intentional rounding performance.
RESULTS
It was found that intentional rounding performance was carried out by 20.0% of the day shift nurses, 18.1% of the evening shift nurses, and 19.5% of the night shift nurses. The significant factors influencing intentional rounding performance were the recommended rounding time interval in wards and the use of rounding protocol in the wards (p < .050).
CONCLUSION
It is expected that nurses will be able to provide more advanced and efficient patient rounding by promising a systematic patient rounding time for intentional rounding and developing appropriate protocols for each ward.

Citations

• Associations of perceptions of patient safety culture, job crafting, and perceptions of patient rounding with patient safety management activities among tertiary hospital nurses
  Saet-Byeol Kim, Yun-Hee Kim
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2024; 26(3): 259.     CrossRef
• Development of an intentional rounding protocol for nursing undergraduates to apply in clinical practice
  Sueun Kim, Jong Sun Ok, Jin Yi Choi, Heejung Choi
  The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2023; 29(4): 381.     CrossRef
• Improving Patients’ Perception of the Quality of Nursing Services and Nurses’ Perception of Nursing Rounds through Purposeful and Timely Nursing Rounds
  Yun Sook Kim, Dong Yeon Kim, Na Young Kim, Jinsuk Kim, Young Eun Yang, Youmin Jeong, Hee Young Choi, Eun Oh
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2023; 29(1): 12.     CrossRef