A Study to Assess the Quality of Nursing Care for the Patients of Lower Limb Fracture with Traction and Patients? Satisfaction in Orthopedic Wards of Selected Hospitals in Kolkata, West Bengal

A descriptive survey was undertaken to assess the quality of nursing care for the patients of lower limb fracture with traction and patients� satisfaction in orthopaedic wards of selected hospitals in Kolkata West Bengal. The objectives of the study were to assess the quality of nursing care for patients of lower limb fracture with traction, to assess the patients� satisfaction about the nursing care, to identify the correlation between quality of nursing care and patients� satisfaction and also the association between patients� satisfaction and selected variables. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on Stufflebeam�s CIPP model-1971. Non probability convenience sampling technique was followed to select 50 lower limb fractured patients with traction. The tools used for this study were interview schedule, record analysis, observational checklist, structured questionnaire and rating scale. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the patients (66 %) were male, belonged to 56-65 yrs age group and most of them (40 %) had shaft of femur fracture. Maximum numbers of patients (74 %) were treated with skeletal traction. Quality of nursing care was average for the lower limb fracture patients with traction and patients were moderately satisfied with nursing care. Statistically significant correlation was found between patients� satisfaction and nursing care. No statistically significant association was found between patients� satisfaction and selected variables. This study results have several implications for nursing service and education. The study can be repeated with large sample in another setting.