Quality of patient's education by nursing students and employment nurses and its effective factors in Tabriz hospitals in 2007-2008

Patients’ education should be considered as one of the patients rights to achieve suitable health behavior with three goals of health conservation and promotion, prophylaxis of diseases and help to person adaptation. The aim of this study was to determine patient education quality by nursing students and employment nurses and its effective factors in Tabriz hospitals. This Cross-Sectional study was done on 352 nurses and 241 nursing students. Method of sampling was stratified random sampling. Information was gathered by a questionnaire, including personal information and effective factors. 65.6% of nurses and 53.1% of nursing students were stated that increased number of patients, 62.8% of nurses and 48.5% of nursing students lack of nurses time, 56.3% of nurses and 55.6% of nursing students lack of departments staff, 40.9% of nurses and 37.8% of nursing students lack of educational Materials, 29.5% of nurses and 38.2% of nursing students lack of cooperating together with health-therapeutic team workers, and 29% of nursing students lack of time for patient education, 38.6% of whom lack of nursing management support, 36.1% knowledge deficit, were obstructs in patient education. There was no significant differences between scores of nurses and nursing students (p<0.001). Taking into consideration that efforts of authorities, hospitals managements, and nursing faculties in remove of obstructs and reinforcement of facilities are emphasis, nurses acquired skills, necessary sciences in patient education, as persons trustable which design, employment, and evaluation patient education planning.