Determinants of Nursing Process Implementation in North East Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

The frequency distribution of the respondents opinion regarding the factors affecting implementation of nursing process in Afar region Hospitals, north East Ethiopia, 2016 (n= 102).

Question	Response (n=102)
	Yes		No		I don’t know
	F	%	F	%	F	%
Lack of preparedness or knowledge about the nursing process or some part of it	85	83.3	16	15.7	1	1
Absence of in-service training pertinent to nursing process	77	75.5	24	23.5	1	1
Lack of practice in implementation of nursing diagnosis	63	61.8	38	37.3	1	1
Lack of time	50	49	51	50	1	1
High patient flow	48	47.1	53	52	1	1
High patient to nurse ratio	53	52	49	48	--	--
Early patient discharge	35	34.3	55	53.9	12	11.8
Lack of resource	43	42.2	56	54.9	3	2.9
Lack of supports from colleagues	43	42.2	58	56.9	1	1
Poor/no support from administrators	57	55.9	44	43.1	1	1
Lack of monitoring and evaluation	57	55.9	44	43.1	1	1
Lack of motivation for implementers	60	58.8	41	40.2	1	1
Low satisfaction level	75	73.5	27	26.5	--	--
Low salary	71	69.6	31	30.4	--	--
Poor patient economic status	36	35.3	65	63.7	1	1
Patients awareness towards nursing process	35	34.3	62	60.8	5	4.9
Uncooperative patient	33	32.4	65	63.7	4	3.9