A closer observation of the dedicated responsibilities of nurses at public hospitals in Bangladesh

Abstract

Background: Nurses are important health caregivers in Bangladesh. They help to improve health-facilities every day and reach it to helpless people. This study aimed to assess the responsibilities of professional nurses in public health hospitals. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Rajshahi Medical College (RMCH), Bangladesh from 18 September 2018 to 19 February 2019 included 300 individuals with following inclusion and exclusion criteria. A pre-tested questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection.   Results: Majority of participants age range of 31-40y 46.33%, 41-50y 27%, 20-30y, and 51-60y 19% and 7.67%, respectively. Moreover, Female are 96.33% and males constitute only 7.74%. Based on religion, Muslim 87%, Hindu 10%, Christian 1.67%, and Buddhist 1.33%. Beginning of education, diploma was compared to very few with advanced training for instance Master's and Ph.D. 38.67% nurses were 1-5 years of experience. But only 11 had ≥21 years of experience. A significant portion, 48.02%, had a good level of assessment of patients and 36.67% of individuals excelled at a high level of proficiency. While only 2% showed an inferior level of patient assessment. Improvement of quality care, the majority of respondents 48.33% good, 17.67% excellent, 21.67% average, and 3.33% poor quality care. Conclusions: Nurses are the key element of the healthcare system. The study outcomes showing their best to provide quality service despite of lack of resources. If the responsible authority has a deep look at this domain, in the future they could make a role model in Bangladesh.