Table 6 Floor/outpatient nurses’ awareness of decision support
Floor nurse | Outpatient nurse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Do you want to discuss with the patients their values and wishes regarding treatment? | ||||
Never | 4 | 3.3 | 26 | 24.1 |
Occasionally | 26 | 21.1 | 31 | 28.7 |
Sometimes | 39 | 31.7 | 18 | 16.7 |
Often | 47 | 38.2 | 28 | 25.9 |
Always | 7 | 5.7 | 8 | 7.4 |
Whether patients’ treatment and care needs are shared among wards | ||||
Never | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Occasionally | 16 | 13.0 | ||
Sometimes | 27 | 22.0 | ||
Often | 62 | 50.4 | ||
Always | 18 | 14.6 | ||
Whether patients’ treatment and care needs, including decision-making processes, are shared across wards | ||||
Never | 6 | 4.9 | ||
Occasionally | 26 | 21.1 | ||
Sometimes | 38 | 30.9 | ||
Often | 48 | 39.0 | ||
Always | 5 | 4.1 | ||
Patients’ information shared among outpatients’ and inpatients’ wards | ||||
Process leading to the patient’s decision to receive treatment | 41 | 38.0 | ||
Informed consent | 51 | 47.2 | ||
Surrogate decision-makers | 73 | 67.6 | ||
The course of treatment | 24 | 22.2 | ||
Patient’s treatment wishes and values | 50 | 46.3 | ||
Other | 9 | 8.3 | ||
Whether the patient’s wishes regarding treatment are included in the information provided by other hospitals and facilities | ||||
Never | 12 | 10.8 | ||
Occasionally | 38 | 34.2 | ||
Sometimes | 36 | 32.4 | ||
Often | 20 | 18.0 | ||
Always | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Does the hospital share information on its patients’ wishes regarding treatment from other hospitals or facilities? | ||||
Never | 7 | 6.3 | ||
Occasionally | 21 | 18.9 | ||
Sometimes | 20 | 18.0 | ||
Often | 40 | 36.0 | ||
Always | 17 | 15.3 | ||