A Study to Determine the Level of Satisfaction towards Postoperative Nursing Care among Patients undergone Abdominal Surgery in Krishna Hospital, Karad

Background: Nursing service is one of the most important components of hospital service. Patient satisfaction with nursing care is considered an important factor in explaining patients perceptions of service quality. Objectives: To assess the level of satisfaction towards postoperative nursing care among patients undergone abdominal surgery Material and methods: Qualitative approach, exploratory research design was used for the study.65 samples were included by purposive sampling technique. Setting of the study was postoperative unit of Krishna Hospital, Karad. A Modified satisfaction scale was used for the data collection. The collected data were studied and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: According to findings of study, 3 (4.6 %) patients were having poor, 7 (10.7 %) patients were having excellent and 55 (84.6 %) were having very good satisfaction. Results shows the significant association between level of satisfaction and religion. Conclusion: The actual gain on conducting this study was better outcome in wellbeing of the patient in terms of gaining more satisfaction of the patient regarding the quality of post-operative nursing care, comfort of patient, fast recovery and quality of life.