en Nursing Orginal research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="color:#2980b9;">Background:</span><span style="color:#2f5496"> </span></b><span style="color:black">Nurses play an important role in healthcare delivery, with basic nursing care focusing on satisfying patients&#39; basic needs.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Objectives:</b></span><span style="color:black"> This study aimed to investigate patient satisfaction with inpatient nursing care at a secondary-level hospital in Bangladesh.</span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Methods:</b></span> <span style="color:black">This cross-sectional study was conducted among 387 patients at a 250-bed hospital in Sirajgonj. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire, incorporating the Risser Patient Satisfaction Scale, was used. Satisfaction scores ranged from 48 (high satisfaction) to 240 (high dissatisfaction).</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Results:</b></span><span style="color:black"> Patients reported high satisfaction across most basic nursing care domains. Satisfaction was highest for mean pain and psychological support (1.94; SD = 0.53) and mean privacy and respect (2.10; SD = 0.39), whereas mean respiratory care (2.46; SD = 0.64) and mean medication safety (2.34; SD = 0.84) received lower scores. Among quality-of-nursing-care domains, the interpersonal-trusting domain showed the strongest satisfaction (96.1%), while the interpersonal-educational domain was weakest: 62.5% were dissatisfied with nurses failing to follow up on queries, 50.9% with test result explanations, and 58.9% with excessive medical explanations. Satisfaction correlated significantly with age (<i>p</i> < 0.001), comorbidities (<i>p </i>= 0.001), bed placement (<i>p</i> = 0.001), education (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and residency (<i>p</i> = 0.059). Dissatisfaction was associated with poor cleanliness, food quality, and water supply (all <i>p</i> = 0.001).</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Conclusion:</b></span><span style="color:black"> Improving hospital hygiene, ensuring consistent water supply, and reducing patient costs are critical to increasing satisfaction, particularly among older patients.</span><span style="color:black"></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Patient Satisfaction, Nursing Care, Patient- Centered Care, Healthcare Quality, Inpatient Experience, Bangladesh. 45 55 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1066-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Sharmin Akter sharminfariha23@gmail.com 100319475328460016796 0009-0008-4148-6330 No Medicine Department, Shaheed M. Monsur Ali Medical College Hospital, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh Khursheda Akhtar dr.khursheda1974@gmail.com 100319475328460016797 100319475328460016797 No Public Health Department and Hospital Administration, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fahmida Faizha Shama fahmidafaizha72@gmail.com 100319475328460016798 0009-0009-3087-2399 Yes National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sharmin Jahan drsharminsjn@gmail.com 100319475328460016799 0009-0003-6335-4455 No National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh