Acute care patients who reported that nurses always explained things in a way they could understand

Table

Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016 Year 2013 Year 2010
Province
New Brunswick
69.7
69.4
68.1
66.2
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
68.3
66.9
67.2
64.8
Sackville Memorial Hospital
75.0
63.6
69.8
68.6
Charlotte County Hospital
64.5
59.2
58.9
59.2
Grand Manan Hospital
100.0
100.0
64.3
75.0
Saint John Regional Hospital
67.7
66.1
65.6
64.7
Sussex Health Centre
53.6
50.0
60.9
68.6
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
67.6
68.0
66.6
68.3
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
61.8
75.6
64.7
63.9
Oromocto Public Hospital
68.0
59.1
52.9
56.7
Upper River Valley Hospital
53.7
62.8
59.4
56.8
Miramichi Regional Hospital
69.6
74.4
70.8
68.3
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
74.3
74.9
73.2
68.9
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
78.4
75.6
78.4
64.3
Grand Falls General Hospital
70.8
70.0
58.3
64.6
Edmundston Regional Hospital
76.6
72.1
70.6
66.2
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
87.5
84.0
76.2
81.8
Campbellton Regional Hospital
59.3
68.5
67.9
64.3
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
80.2
84.8
76.7
n/a
Tracadie Hospital
72.7
74.8
69.9
64.6
Chaleur Regional Hospital
78.2
74.4
73.4
67.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
71.1
70.8
69.9
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
68.5
66.8
67.3
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
74.7
74.9
73.7
n/a
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
67.5
65.6
65.2
n/a
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
65.9
67.3
65.2
n/a
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
76.5
72.7
69.5
n/a
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
59.3
68.5
67.9
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
77.4
75.6
73.1
n/a
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
69.6
74.4
70.8
n/a
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
67.4
67.1
66.2
65.6
Vitalité Health Network
74.6
74.1
72.1
67.3
Age
18-64
70.8
70.7
69.3
66.0
65 and over
69.0
68.3
67.1
66.3
Sex at birth
Female
69.4
67.1
68.0
64.3
Male
70.1
72.3
68.2
68.4
Language
Preferred language of service: English
67.5
67.8
66.9
65.7
Preferred language of service: French
77.4
75.2
71.9
67.8
Race
White
70.0
69.3
n/a
n/a
Other
62.6
73.0
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
n/a
n/a
Black
67.4
62.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
61.0
66.7
65.5
71.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
65.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
69.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
70.5
69.9
68.3
67.2
Postsecondary
68.9
68.2
67.3
64.3
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of acute care patients who reported that nurses always explained things in a way they could understand.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: During this hospital stay, how often did nurses explain things in a way you could understand?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AC_CWN03_1

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