Physical restraining: Nurses knowledge and practice in Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern Nepal

Background: Early detection of adverse drug reaction is one step towards the prevention of ADRs. Foundation of Pharmacovigilance is spontaneous reporting which is minimal in India. Among the all health care professionals, nurses are caregivers at bedside. Improvement in knowledge and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses will definitely increases spontaneous reporting. In this study, knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff about pharmacovigilance was evaluated.Methods: It was prospective, cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study among the nurses of the tertiary care hospital Solapur. A questionnaire evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed among nursing staff and filled questionnaire were collected back and analyzed by microsoft excel 2013.Results: Response rate of our study was 44.88%. 38.61% doctors were knowing meaning of pharmacovigilance while 61.38% participants knew that all drugs available in market are not safe. Taking proper medication history before prescribing drugs was considered important by 92.57% participants. 79.70% participants were aware about Pharmacovigilance program of India. 64.35% doctors answered correctly to elements which are mandatory to record. Only 24.75% participants were knowing the basis that pharmcovigilance provides for.Conclusions: Nursing staff of tertiary care hospital, Solapur had very appreciable and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance but there is a need for improvement in knowledge and practice of ADR reporting.

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Assessment of the Level of Knowledge and Practice on Intravenous Cannulization among Staff Nurses of Selected Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City

MOJ Public Health ◽

10.15406/mojph.2016.04.00095 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Md Anwar Hossain

Keyword(s):

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Dhaka City ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Practice

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Nurses’ Knowledge on Post Exposure Prophylaxis for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of Chitwan Medical College ◽

10.3126/jcmc.v9i2.24559 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 72-78

Author(s):

Kalpana Sharma ◽

Sabina Adhikari

Keyword(s):

Hepatitis B Virus ◽

Hepatitis B ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Hbv Infection ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Poor Knowledge ◽

Post Exposure ◽

B Virus ◽

Nurses Knowledge

Background: Nurses are most vulnerable group for having Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection from blood and body fluids. These infections are preventable if the nurses have proper knowledge regarding Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for hepatitis B virus infections and utilize the PEP services. This study aimed to find out the nurses’ knowledge on PEP for HBV infection. Methods: A descriptive survey design was carried out among 116 randomly selected nurses working in different wards of tertiary care hospital. Data was collected from July 8th 2018 to 21st July 2018 using pre-tested self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the variables and chi-square test was applied to explore the association between variables. Results: Results of the study revealed that only 22.4% nurses had good, 21.6% had average, and 56.0% had poor knowledge on PEP for HBV. Majority (68.1%) of the nurses knew about the testing of HBsAg serum antigen after exposure. However, few nurses had knowledge on risk percentage of getting infection (29.3%), contact person for risk assessment (33.6%), constituents of PEP (29.9%), and PEP treatment for unvaccinated/incompletely vaccinated nurse in case of positive (38.8%) and negative (34.5%) sources. Moreover, working unit (p=0.037) and working experience (p=0.027) were the significant variables associated with the level of knowledge on PEP. Conclusions: More than half of nurses’ have poor knowledge on PEP for hepatitis B virus. Hence, there is need of regular in-service education and training for nurses on PEP for HBV to enhance their knowledge and to prevent potential infections.

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Ocular knowledge and practice among type 2 diabetic patients in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh

10.26226/morressier.59d5184cd462b80296ca340b ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmed Kazi Rumana

Keyword(s):

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Type 2 Diabetic Patients ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Type 2 Diabetic

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Knowledge and Practice Gaps among Pediatric Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi Pakistan

ISRN Pediatrics ◽

10.5402/2011/460818 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Rozina Roshan Essani ◽

Tazeen Saeed Ali

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Research ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Medical Science ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Pediatric Nurses ◽

Quality Patient Care ◽

Code Blue ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Nursing Professionals

The advancement in medical science has created health care environments that require nursing professionals who posses specialized clinical knowledge and skills to provide care and deal with critically and acutely ill children. This study explored gaps between knowledge and practice as perceived by the registered nurses of pediatric units by further recommending the changes suggested by them. A descriptive exploratory study design under the quantitative research methodology was utilized using universal sampling of all pediatric nurses working at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. The gaps between knowledge and practice, as perceived by the participants, were categorized into five major categories: (1) medication (34%), (2) skills (28.3%), (3) knowledge (13.36%), (4) handling of code blue and intubations (12.6%), and (5) operating medical devices (11.58%). As a result, anxiety and incompetency were notably seen in the participants which had great amount of impact on the level of care provided to the patients. The implications of the findings for quality patient care were also analyzed.

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