Purpose: This study was to examine the correlations among patient-centered care, perception of nursing rounds, communication skills, and the level of nursing services among nurses, and to identify factors influencing the quality of nursing services. M...
Purpose: This study was to examine the correlations among patient-centered care, perception of nursing rounds, communication skills, and the level of nursing services among nurses, and to identify factors influencing the quality of nursing services. Methods: This study employed a descriptive survey design. The participants were 136 nurses who had worked for more than one year at one tertiary hospital and one general hospital located in B Metropolitan City, selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected from July 1 to July 16, 2025, using an online self-administered questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted with IBM SPSS/WIN 29.0 software, including descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis using the enter method. Results: The results of the study are as follows. 1. Among the subjects, 121 (93.8%) were female and 8 (6.2%) were male. The mean age was 29.81 ±5.68 years. Regarding marital status, 104 (8 0.6%) were unmarried. A total of 96 participants (74.4%) reported havin g no religious affiliation. In terms of educational level, 118 (91.5%) held a bachelor's degree or lower, while 11 (8.5%) had a graduate degree o r higher. The average total clinical career was 6.68 ± 5.85 years, with 87 participants (67.4%) having less than seven years of experience. Th e mean length of service in the current department was 3.60 ± 2.22 years, with the largest group (72 participants, 55.8%) having three or more years in their current department. The work departments of parti cipants included integrated nursing care service wards (45, 34.9%), surg ical wards (45, 34.9%), and medical wards (39, 30.2%). In terms of posit ion, 57 (44.2%) were staff nurses, 43 (33.3%) were charge nurses, and 29 (22.5%) were senior nurses. The average number of patients cared for per day was 10.75 ± 3.96, with 67 (51.9%) nurses caring for fewer than 11 patients and 62 (48.1%) for 11 or more. The mean number of rounds per shift was 4.62 ± 2.34 during day shifts, 4.60 ± 2.08 during evening shifts, and 4.46 ± 2.09 during night shifts. 2. The mean score for patient-centered care was 87.61 ± 6.88 out of a total of 115 points. The mean score for perception of nursing rounds was 140.64±11.38 out of a maximum of 200 points. Communication ski -ll averaged 57.18±5.65 out of 75 points, and the quality of nursing se -rvice averaged 78.12 ±4.39 out of 100 points, with a mean rating of 3.91±0.22. 3. Significant differences in nursing service quality were observed accord- ing to age(t=5.34, p=.006), marital status (t=-2.92, p=.004), total clinical career (t=-2.92, p=.005), and position (F=7.33, p<.001) among the gener -al characteristics of nurses. 4. Nursing service quality demonstrated positive correlations with patient- centered care (r=.46, p<.001), perception of nursing rounds (r=.41, p<.00 1), and communication skill (r=.43, p<.001). Patient-centered care was positively correlated with perception of nursing rounds (r=.46, p<.001) and communication skill (r=.45, p<.001). Additionally, perception of nurs- ing rounds was positively correlated with communication skill (r=.31, p<. 001). 5. The factors that significantly influenced the quality of nursing service were communication skill (β=0.20, p<.001), patient-centered care (β=0. 17, p=.001), perception of intentional rounding (β=0.08, p=.011), and pos ition (β=3.06, p=.045). These variables collectively explained 41.0% of t he variance in nursing service quality (F=10.87, p<.001). Conclusion : The findings of this study identified patient-centered care, p erception of nursing rounds, communication skill, and position as significan t factors influencing the quality of nursing service among nurses. Of thes e, communication skill was found to be the most influential variable. Ther efore, to enhance the quality of nursing service in clinical practice, it is necessary for nursing organizations to strengthen educational and institutio nal support systems that promote patient-centeredness, effective communi cation, and systematic perception of nursing rounds. Additionally, developi ng differentiated professional competency programs according to position and clinical experience may foster continuous improvement in the overall quality of nursing services within nursing organizations.