The aim of this study was to find out the opinions of nursing students on the observance of patient rights by students and medical staff during clinical classes. The study was conducted in the academic year 2011/2012 among nursing students at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Gdańsk. They are a continuation of research conducted in the 2009/2010 academic year among sixth-year medical students. The study showed that nursing students are overwhelmingly (74.2%) informed about the need to respect patients' rights during their clinical classes. The majority of students respected the patient's right to confidentiality (80.3%) and autonomy, obtaining the patient's consent for history taking (89.4%), examination (83.3%) and procedure (87.8%). However, the results obtained regarding respect for the patient's right to respect for his or her dignity indicate an urgent need to pay attention to this problem, since as many as 75.8% of the students surveyed had encountered a case of violation of the patient's dignity by a doctor and 51.5% by a nurse. Also in the opinions on the observance of patients' rights in Polish health care institutions, although the majority of students positively assess the implementation of the patient's right to privacy and confidentiality of data (68.2%) and the implementation of the patient's right to autonomy (62.1%), however, nearly half of the respondents negatively assess the implementation of the patient's right to respect for his/her dignity (40.9%), as well as the patient's right to information (45.4%).
OBSERVANCE OF PATIENTS' RIGHTS DURING CLINICAL SESSIONS IN THE OPINION OF GDANSK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
14 December 2022