scholarly journals Level of Knowledge and Practice of Patient Care Ethics among Nurses in Pokhara

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Arati Timilsina ◽  
Bhagawati KC
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Care Ethics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Practice Level ◽  
Satisfactory Level ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Ethics deal with standards of conduct and moral judgment. Every day nurses require to make ethical decisions during patient care. They should have good knowledge and adequate practice of ethics to make ethical decisions. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge and practice of patient care ethics among nurses. A descriptive cross sectional research design was used to conduct the study. Simple random sampling method was adopted to select 108 nurses among 133 nurses working in a regional hospital, Pokhara. Self-administered structured questionnaire schedule was used for data collection and analyzed using IBM SPSS Version 20. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that 65.1 percent of nurses had satisfactory level knowledge and 76.4 percent had adequate practice level of patient care ethics. There was significant association between nurses knowledge level and professional qualification (p<.001). The level of practice does not have significant association with socio-demographic and job related variables. Similarly, no significant association between knowledge and practice level of patient care ethics was found. It concludes that the nurses with satisfactory level of knowledge and adequate level of practice are more than the nurses with unsatisfactory knowledge level and inadequate practice level of patient care ethics. Their practice of ethical principle is better than their knowledge in all principles except in the principle of justice. Nurses’ knowledge and practice of patient care ethics should be upgraded through educational and awareness programme. Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 6 (December 2017), page: 17-28

scholarly journals Nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding prevention and management of pressure ulcer for hospitalized patient

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-243
Author(s):  
Hasan Mahfuz Reza ◽  
Chinmoy Kanti Das ◽  
China Rani Mittra ◽  
Ashees Kumar Saha
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ulcer ◽  
Pressure Ulcers ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Pressure Ulcer Prevention ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Ulcer Prevention ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Pressure ulcers have been labelled as one of the most expensive and physically debilitating complications in the 20th century. After cancer and heart diseases pressure ulcers are the third most expensive disorder. Several studies have indicated that nurses' knowledge and practices about pressure ulcer prevention and management are inadequate. This is a descriptive co-relational study aimed to assess nurses‟ knowledge and practices related to pressure ulcer prevention and management. It also examines the relationships between nurses‟ knowledge and practice with respect to pressure ulcer prevention and management. The subjects were nurses working at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Three hundred nurses were selected for this study, two hundred and ninety four nurses were completed the questionnaire and response rate was 98%. Three tools were used for data collection: Demographic, Knowledge and Practice questionnaire. Data were analysed by descriptive and Pearson product-moment correlation statistics. The findings showed that nurses had a moderate level of knowledge and a moderate level of practice when we categorized the findings according to their age, working experience and educational level they scored low level of knowledge. There was a significant correlation was found between nurses knowledge and practice regarding pressure ulcer prevention and management (r =.136, p>.05). Findings of the present study suggest that nurses need to increase knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention and management in order to improve nursing practice in this. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2020, 6(2): 237-243

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge and Practice about Self Expressed Breast Milk among Saudi Mothers in Jazan Region, KSA, 2016

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Karimah Mohammad Qutah ◽  
Safar A. Alsaleem ◽  
Abdullah Ahmed Najmi ◽  
Muteb Bawwah Zabbani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Expressed Breast Milk ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Aim: To assess mother's knowledge and attitude regarding self-expressed milk in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: Study Area: An observational and cross sectional study done in Obstetric Department (Well Baby and immunization Clinics) in King Fahd Central Hospital (KFCH), Jazan, Saudi Arabia and in six PHCCs in Jazan (randomly selected) from  December 2016 - March 2017.  Pregnant women who delivered babies before and post-partum women in Obstetric departments, Obstetric outpatient clinic, mother’s in well baby, and immunization clinics in mentioned areas were included in the study. Stratified multistage sampling techniques were used.  N = 499 Saudi mothers calculated according to survey system with confidence level % 95.  The questionnaire was self-administering questionnaire (in Arabic language).  All data processed via Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19. Shapiro-Wilk test. Kruskal-Wallis test used to see the association between level of knowledge and practice with demographic variables that contains more than 2 variables. Mann-Whitney test and Spearman correlation were used. Results: Total of 499 mothers was participating aged 30±7 years with mean number of kids 2.98 ± 2. Mothers heard about self-expressed breast milks accounts 73.5% and 236 mothers of them were practice it. Both level of knowledge and practice accuracy were inadequate. Around one third of mothers heard about it from social media. More than third of the women practice it because of work related issues. The higher the educational level was the higher knowledge (p<0.001). Age and number of kids, has no statistically significant effect on the knowledge level (P = 0.417, 0.285).  Working mothers have higher knowledge level than house wife and students (p<0.001), nurses especially who toke breast feeding teaching have higher knowledge level than physicians then teachers (p<0.001). Mothers who toke their knowledge from breast feeding courses have the highest knowledge level followed by medical stuffs other than physicians followed by social media and internet websites then physicians then mothers and last are friends (p<0.001). Mothers with more accurate practice were more knowledgeable than mothers with less accurate practices (p<0.001). Conclusion: Mothers knowledge and practice regarding self-expressed breast milk needed to be improved in order to give the babies better chance for exclusive breast feeding. Breast feeding courses for mothers give better results in term of accuracy of mother’s knowledge and practice of expressed breast milk.

Tingkat Pengetahuan Perawat Dengan Efektivitas Penerapan Mpkp Di Rsud H. A. Sulthan Daeng Radja Kabupaten Bulukumba

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Muriyati ◽  
Safruddin
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Practice ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Nursing ◽  
Professional Nursing Practice ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Knowledge is one of the factors that influence the implementation of the Professional Nursing Practice Model (MPKP). The phenomena and incidents that occurred in the Seruni treatment room showed that the application of MPKP was still not effective. Where there are some nurses who do not know what MPKP is. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of the level of knowledge of nurses about MPKP with the effectiveness of implementing MPKP in Seruni Room of H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja District Hospital in Bulukumba 2016. This type of research is an Analytical Observational study with a Cross Sectional design. The population in this study were all nurses in the Seruni Room of the H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja Hospital in Bulukumba Regency which numbered 30 people. The sampling technique in this study is the Total Sampling method with a sample of 30 respondents. The statistical test used was the Fisher-Extract Test. The results obtained that, in the form of nurses' knowledge level about MPKP with the effectiveness of the application of MPKP with a value of p = 0.045 <p (0.05). The results show that respondents who have a good level of knowledge are 10 respondents (33.3%) and respondents who have a lack of knowledge level are equal to 20 respondents (66.7%). Effective MPKP implementation was 12 respondents (40%) and ineffective MPKP application was 18 respondents (60%). With the conclusion that there is a relationship between the level of nurses' knowledge about MPKP with the effectiveness of implementing MPKP in the Seruni Room of the H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja District Hospital in Bulukumba 2016. Suggestions from this research are expected to be an effort to develop a model of professional nursing practice (MPKP) in each hospital, especially to continue to encourage concrete steps by continuing to increase the frequency of MPKP training for nurses so that the application of MPKP will be continuous with the good quality of service obtained by patients in the hospital.

scholarly journals The Level of Knowledge of Nurses in Surgical Departments about the Occurrence of Stroke in Patients in the Postoperative Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Rucińska ◽  
◽  
Marcelina Skrzypek-Czerko ◽  
Anna Roszmann ◽  
Renata Piotrkowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Postoperative Period ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Postoperative Stroke ◽  
Surgical Nurses ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Introduction. Each year 80 000 Poles are suffering from stroke. The most common risk factors are hypertension, diabetes and complications, hyperlipidemia, obesity, atrial fibrillation. Lifestyle modification, such as diseases controlling, diet changing, exercises, stop smoking and limiting alcohol consumption are known as stroke prevention. Thrombectomy and thrombolytic therapy definitely increase long-term survival and prognosis. Aim. Objective of the work is assessment of surgical nurses knowledge level about postoperative stroke. Material and Methods. The research was conducted on a group of 55 randomly chosen surgical nurses. The diagnostic survey method with a proprietary questionnaire was used for the research. Results. Nurses knowledge was poor. Education and age affect to answers. Higher education qualification nurses have higher knowledge level relative to less educated nurses. Younger nurses have higher knowledge level than older nurses. Conclusions. Cardiosurgery and vascular surgery are charged as the most risk onset postoperative stroke. Knowledge of surgical nurses about risk factors, prevention, symptom, complications and procedures in case of stroke onset have particular meaning in postoperative caring. (JNNN 2020;9(4):138–144) Key Words: knowledge, nursing care, postoperative period, stroke

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practices on Neonatal Care among Selected Mothers Attending Dhaka Shishu Hospital

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Housne Ara Begum ◽  
Mohammad Faizul Haque Khan
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Care ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

This study was conducted in Dhaka Shishu Hospital from December 2007 to February 2008 and was based on primary data on knowledge and practice of 400 mothers of neonates attending the hospital. More than 50% of the mothers had appropriate knowledge on feeding, hand washing, care of eye and umbilicus and they were practicing as well. Less than 50% of the mothers had an appropriate knowledge on raising neonates, shaving hair, bathing, vaccination, oil massaging and their practice rates also did commensurate with their knowledge level. It may be concluded that half of the interviewed mothers had an inadequate knowledge and adopted inappropriate practices in the care of their neonates. Strong steps should be taken to improve the level of knowledge and change attitudes for providing healthy practices of mothers in the care of their children. Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2009; 3(2): 59-62 DOI: 10.3329/imcj.v3i2.4218

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practice regarding Waste Management among Community People of Gokarneshwor Ward-05, Nepal

2019 ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Doma Sherpa ◽  
Sumita Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Practice Level ◽  
Community People ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

This descriptive study entitled “Knowledge and practice regarding waste management among community people of Gokarneshwor. The objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and practice regarding waste management among community people.  A total number of 87 respondents were selected by using probability simple random sampling technique of lottery method.  Sample size was 60 respondents from 60 household which were selected by using non probability purposive sampling technique from Prabhuram Colony ward-05, Gokarneshwor, Kathmandu. Data were collected by face to face interview by using semi structured interview schedule. The obtained data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Out of 60 respondents, 23.33% respondents were illiterate and half of the respondents were engaged in household work. Majority (86.70%) respondents answered waste as unwanted or unusable things. The study reveals that majority 98.30% of respondents had moderate level of knowledge on waste management whereas only 41.70% respondents had good practice level .The study concluded that majority respondent had moderate level of knowledge whereas majority of respondent had poor practice level .The study shows that there is no association between knowledge and practice. Different awareness and intervention program must be carried out in the community to improve the practice of people regarding waste management and to improve the waste management system.

scholarly journals Assess the Knowledge and Practice among Cardiac Nurses about Patient Safety after Cardiac Catheterization, Tamilnadu

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-225
Author(s):  
Karthi R ◽  
Inigo Sherlin Joy G ◽  
Jemima M
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Cardiac Catheterization ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Total Period ◽  
Practice Level ◽  
Additional Qualification ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: Cardiac catheterization is an invasive procedure which is used in the diagnosis and treatment of several cardiac diseases. It may lead to several major and minor complications which may contribute to morbidity and mortality. Early recognition of complications and proper care is logically tied to taking action to receive prompt treatment and thus minimizing further complications. Objectives: (i) To find out the level of knowledge and practice level of cardiac nurses related to patient safety after cardiac catheterization. (ii) To find the association between selected demographic variables with level of knowledge and practice of cardiac nurses regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization. Method: A survey was conducted in 30 convenient samples with a pre-validated questionnaire and an observational tool was also used in assessing the quality of care provided. The total period of the study was from January to February 2020. The study population was staff nurses from cardiology medical intensive care unit and cardiology medical ward. Result: The findings shows that in the level of knowledge among 30 samples the level of knowledge frequency and percentages. Adequate 22(73%), moderately adequate 06(20%), inadequate 02(7%). Mean 7.53, standard deviation 1.33. In the level of practice among 30 samples the level of practice frequency and percentages. Good 20(67%), average 08(27%), poor 02(6%). Mean 15.6, standard deviation 3.21. The findings shows that there is a significant association on knowledge level between demographic variables Additional qualification and Total year of experience at p<0.05. In practice there is a significant association on practice level between demographic total year of experience at p<0.05. Conclusion: The Study concluded that most of the Staff nurses has adequate knowledge and good practice regarding care of patients after cardiac catheterization and there is an association on level of knowledge with demographic variables like additional qualification and total year of experience and in practice there is association with total year of experience. Keywords: cardiac nurses, patient safety, cardiac catheterization.

scholarly journals Nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding intravenous therapy in a teaching hospital, Bharatpur

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Sandhya Lamsal ◽  
Rosy Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Common Procedure ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Background: Intravenous (IV) therapy is a common procedure in clinical setting of any hospital and nurses are accountable for handling and man­agement to the patient with IV therapy. However, various serious medical complications were arisen due to nurses having inadequate knowledge and practice on IV therapy. Therefore, this study was conducted to find out the nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding IV therapy in a teaching hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan. Methods: A cross- sectional study design was adopted with 177 nurses for assessment to knowledge and 53 nurses to observe practice on IV therapy. A systematic random sampling technique was used. Data were collected by using semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire for identifying knowledge and observation checklist for observing the practice of IV ther­apy among nurses. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: The level of knowledge was found inadequate and level of prac­tice was found unsatisfactory on IV therapy. The associated factors with level of knowledge regarding IV therapy were age (p=0.012), professional qualification (p=0.001), professional designation (p=0.005), professional experience (p=0.002) and in-service education (p=0.003). Similarly, the associated factors with level of practice on IV therapy were professional qualification (p=0.020) and professional designation (p=0.04). Conclusions: It is concluded that most of the nurses had inadequate knowledge and unsatisfactory practice on IV therapy. Hence, it is strongly recommended for need of protocol for IV therapy, in-service education, effective supervision and reinforcement for improvement of knowledge and practice regarding IV therapy among nurses.

scholarly journals TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PERAWAT DENGAN EFEKTIVITAS PENERAPAN MPKP DI RSUD H. A. SULTHAN DAENG RADJA KABUPATEN BULUKUMBA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Muriyati ◽  
Safruddin
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Practice ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Nursing ◽  
Professional Nursing Practice ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Knowledge is one of the factors that influence the implementation of the Professional Nursing Practice Model (MPKP). The phenomena and incidents that occurred in the Seruni treatment room showed that the application of MPKP was still not effective. Where there are some nurses who do not know what MPKP is. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of the level of knowledge of nurses about MPKP with the effectiveness of implementing MPKP in Seruni Room of H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja District Hospital in Bulukumba 2016. This type of research is an Analytical Observational study with a Cross Sectional design. The population in this study were all nurses in the Seruni Room of the H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja Hospital in Bulukumba Regency which numbered 30 people. The sampling technique in this study is the Total Sampling method with a sample of 30 respondents. The statistical test used was the Fisher-Extract Test. The results obtained that, in the form of nurses' knowledge level about MPKP with the effectiveness of the application of MPKP with a value of p = 0.045 <p (0.05). The results show that respondents who have a good level of knowledge are 10 respondents (33.3%) and respondents who have a lack of knowledge level are equal to 20 respondents (66.7%). Effective MPKP implementation was 12 respondents (40%) and ineffective MPKP application was 18 respondents (60%). With the conclusion that there is a relationship between the level of nurses' knowledge about MPKP with the effectiveness of implementing MPKP in the Seruni Room of the H. Andi Sulthan Daeng Radja District Hospital in Bulukumba 2016. Suggestions from this research are expected to be an effort to develop a model of professional nursing practice (MPKP) in each hospital, especially to continue to encourage concrete steps by continuing to increase the frequency of MPKP training for nurses so that the application of MPKP will be continuous with the good quality of service obtained by patients in the hospital.

Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Various Eye Diseases in Sulaimani: A Descriptive Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem ◽  
Salah Q. Mahmood ◽  
Muhammed Babakir-Mina ◽  
Salar Ibrahim Ali ◽  
Bakhtyar Kamal Talabany
Keyword(s):  
Vision Loss ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Eye Diseases ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
P Value ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Knowledge and practice of public, especially patients about eye diseases are important to reduce magnitude of human blindness. Vision and sight are very essential because they allow us to connect to each other’s. In accordance to the recently published data; the estimation of 253 million people lives with vision impairment, 36 million are blind and 217 million suffer from moderate to severe vision impairment. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Shahid Dr. Aso Hospital in Sulaimani city-Iraq, from April to August 2017 by face-to-face interview through close ended questionnaire for data collecting. All data were analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0 software. P-value of < 0.05 was considered as a statistically significant. A total of 430 patients were randomly chosen to participate in the study. They were 254 (59.1%) males and 176 (40.9%) females. 76.7% of respondents was worrying about vision loss, 0.7% was worrying about hair loss. Of the participants, 32.8% was with a good knowledge level and 40.5% was with a poor knowledge level, as well as 3.1% was in a good practice and 58.8% was in a poor practice level. Female knowledge mean score was 9.53±4.96 and male knowledge mean score was 8.42±5.45, the practice mean score of males was 4.33±1.96 and mean practice score of females was 4.13±1.93. The study data indicate the worrying of participates about vision loss is in the highest proportion and the awareness and practice of patients about eye diseases is unsatisfactory. Health education campaigns are needed to improve personal awareness about vision related problems and for better eye health.

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