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

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
69.2
68.2 - 70.1
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
65.8
63.4 - 68.2
St. Joseph's Hospital
86.0
82.7 - 89.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
67.4
65.7 - 69.2
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
72.0
69.8 - 74.2
Upper River Valley Hospital
63.4
58.4 - 68.3
Miramichi Regional Hospital
69.9
64.9 - 74.9
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
72.0
68.9 - 75.2
Edmundston Regional Hospital
73.5
69.9 - 77.0
Campbellton Regional Hospital
60.9
54.6 - 67.2
Tracadie Hospital
68.6
57.9 - 79.3
Chaleur Regional Hospital
76.5
72.5 - 80.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
67.9
66.1 - 69.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
67.9
66.2 - 69.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
70.2
68.2 - 72.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
73.7
70.4 - 77.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
60.9
54.6 - 67.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
75.3
71.5 - 79.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
69.9
64.9 - 74.9
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
68.2
67.1 - 69.3
Vitalité Health Network
72.1
70.3 - 74.0
Age
18-64
71.0
69.5 - 72.5
65 and over
67.2
66.1 - 68.3
Sex at birth
Female
68.7
67.4 - 70.0
Male
69.8
68.5 - 71.2
Language
Preferred language of service: English
68.0
66.9 - 69.1
Preferred language of service: French
71.3
68.9 - 73.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
70.5
63.7 - 77.3
Education level
High school or less
69.0
67.6 - 70.3
Postsecondary
69.7
68.4 - 71.1
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

AU_CWN03_1

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