Knowledge management infrastructure and processes on effectiveness of nursing care

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of knowledge management infrastructure and process on nursing care effectiveness in selected teaching hospitals in Southwest Nigeria. The organization of nursing knowledge resources is critical to health care organizations for providing safe and high quality care for patients. Therefore, it is necessary to study the role of knowledge management in clinical nursing practice and the outcomes on the effectiveness of nursing care. Despite the critical role of nursing care in defining high-performing health care delivery, knowledge management in this area is still at an early stage of development. Based on organizational capability theory and employing concurrent mixed-method research design, this study seeks to identify the components of knowledge infrastructure and processes that influence the efficiency and effectiveness of nursing care in clinical floor nursing of selected teaching hospitals in Nigeria, a developing country in Africa. The output from the research is expected to contribute to the domain of literature/knowledge; provide awareness of the knowledge management practices in nursing care in Nigeria; assist nursing administrators, health policy makers and hospital management to exploit and make effective use of knowledge-based resources to enhance nursing care which can improve the productivity of health care organizations.