Assess Knowledge and Practice Regarding Partograph among Staff Nurses: Pre experimental Study

BackgroundHealthy pregnancy and birth outcomes are greatly influenced by the intake of adequate and balanced nutrition. Pregnant women’s nutritional knowledge and practice have been identified as an important prerequisites for their proper nutritional intake. The antenatal period with the opportunities for regular contact with health professionals appears to be the ideal time and setting to institute the intervention which could maximise pregnant women’s outcome and that of their baby by motivating them to make nutritional changes.ObjectiveTo assess the effect of nutrition education on the appropriate nutritional knowledge and practice of pregnant women.MethodologyA facility-based single-group pre–post quasi-experimental study design was employed in five health facilities providing antenatal care (ANC) service in Asmara on 226 pregnant women. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data regarding nutritional knowledge via interview by trained data collectors during the pretest, immediate post-test and 6 weeks later. The practice was assessed at pre-intervention and 6 weeks later only. Repeated measures analysis of variance and paired t-test were used to make comparisons in knowledge and practice scores, respectively, using SPSS (V.22).ResultsTraining provided to pregnant women resulted in a significant increase on the mean scores of their knowledge from 29.01/47 (SE=0.35) pre-intervention to 42.73/47 (SE=0.24) immediate post-intervention. However, the score declined significantly from immediate after intervention to 6-week follow-up by 1.79 (SE=0.22). Although the score declined, knowledge at 6-week follow-up was still significantly greater than that of pre-intervention (p<0.0001). Health professionals (70.2%) were the primary source of information for pregnant women. The pregnancy-specific dietary practice score at 6-week follow-up (M=13.13/16, SE=0.09) was significantly higher than that of pre-intervention (M=12.55/16, SE=0.16). There was no significant interaction between the categories of demographic characteristics and change in practice and knowledge.ConclusionThis study has shown that the nutrition messages given to pregnant women by trained health professionals using a holistic approach in a sustained manner played a huge role in increasing their knowledge and in introducing positive dietary practices among them. Thus, ANC clinics must play a leading role in coordinating the effort of awareness creation regarding nutrition during pregnancy.

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Effectiveness of Lecture cum demonstration on Knowledge and practice regarding Intravenous cannulation among staff nurses working in selected hospital

International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management ◽

10.52711/2454-2652.2021.00062 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 275-282

Author(s):

Patricia Reddy ◽

Ancy Ramesh

Keyword(s):

Work Experience ◽

Demographic Variable ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Medical Procedure ◽

Success Rates ◽

Post Test ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Practice

Background: The skill of intravenous cannulation must be practiced regularly to maintain a high level of competency. This is important to gain quick and efficient intravenous access in populations when required. The insertion of intravenous catheters into peripheral veins is probably the most commonly performed invasive medical procedure in hospitals. This procedure could be difficult sometimes requiring several attempts and causing distress to patients. The high success rates of nurses in intravenous cannulation have been due to the frequent performance of intravenous cannulation Objectives: 1. To assess the existing knowledge regarding intravenous cannulation among staff nurses working in selected hospital. 2. To observe the existing practice regarding intravenous cannulation among nurses. 3. To assess the effectiveness of lecture cum demonstration regarding Intravenous cannulation among staff nurses. 4. To observe the practice of staff nurses regarding intravenous cannulation after lecture cum demonstration. 5. To correlate the knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding intravenous cannulation .Methodology: Pre experimental one group pre test post test design. Material: Structured knowledge questionnaire and Observational checklist adopted as per WHO guidelines.Sample size: 60. Result: Among the 60 samples, according to age, 39(65%)of subjects were of 21-30 years of age, 14(23.33%) were of 31-40 years, 7(11.67%) were of 41-50 years and no subjects were above 50 yearsAccording to the educational qualification, 38(58.33%) of the subjects were with the qualification of general nurse midwives, 12(20%) were B.sc nursing, 13(21.67%) were PB.B.sc Nursing.Majority of the subjects 45% have work experience of less than 2 years, 23.33% have 3-5 years, 20% have 6-8 years and 11.67% of them have work experience of more than 8 years In relation to area of work, 26.67% of the subjects each were from the Medicine ward and surgical ward, 21.66%were from Intensive care unit and 25% of them were from Casualty/Emergency ward. post test majority of the subjects gained Knowledge regarding intravenous cannulation. 34 (56.67%) subjects had good level of Knowledge score and 23(43.33%) subjects had average level of Knowledge. None of the samples have poor level of Knowledge. the post test the findings shows that 57(95%) subjects had satisfactory level of practice whereas only 3(5%) of subjects had unsatisfactory level of practice. The mean pretest knowledge score was 15.28 and post test knowledge score was 26.58. The mean practice score 7.61 and posttest practice score was 13.76. Student’s paired ‘t’ test is applied at 5% level of significance and The calculated‘t’ value for overall knowledge score of subjects was 35.51 and the calculated ‘t’ value for overall practice score of subjects was 23.44 that statistically interpreted that the lecture cum demonstration regarding intravenous cannulation was effective in increasing the Knowledge and practice of subject. There was significant association between selected demographic variable of year of experience with their pretest knowledge, whereas other demographic variables are not significantly associated.The correlation coefficient of post test knowledge and post test practice score was ‘r’ 0.21, which is indicates a positive correlation. Conclusion: The knowledge of the target population was significantly increased, and there was significant improvement in the level of practice after receiving lecture cum demonstration regarding intravenous cannulation. The improvement in knowledge and practice was found in all subjects irrespective of their demographic variable

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An Observational Study to Assess the Surgical Asepsis among Nurses Working in Narayana General Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrst1962119 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 713-718

Author(s):

V. Jayanthi ◽

Indira Arumugam ◽

Latha P

Keyword(s):

Sampling Method ◽

Good Practice ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Cross Infection ◽

The Body ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Care Worker

Background: Surgical asepsis refers to destruction of organisms before they enter the body, it is used in caring for open wounds and in surgical procedure. Surgical asepsis is the medical practice of maintaining sterility whenever dressing wound or performing any kind of surgery to prevent cross infection. Aseptic technique are used in infection control to prevent cross infection between health care worker and between patients. Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding surgical asepsis. Objectives: 1. To assess the practice regarding surgical asepsis. 2. To find an association between practice with socio demographic variables. Methodology: 100 staff nurses working in NMCH, Nellore were selected by using convenience sampling method. Results: Regarding the level of practice among staff nurses, 10(10%) of them had good practice 80(80%) of them had moderate practice and 10(10%) had poor practice.

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Nurses knowledge and practice regarding oxytocin administration during first stage labor in maternity ward of teaching hospital

Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/jpahs.v7i2.31131 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 103-111

Author(s):

Bhagabati Lohani

Keyword(s):

Pearson Correlation ◽

Good Practice ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Maternity Ward ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Introduction: Oxytocin is commonly used for induction of labor. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and practice regarding oxytocin administration during the first stage of labor in maternity ward. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses of maternity ward of Patan Hospital, Nepal. Data was collected by using self-administered structured questionnaire for the knowledge assessment. Observation checklist was used to record the practice. Descriptive and inferential data analysis was done by SPSS version 16.The association and correlation between variables were measured by chi-square and Pearson correlation coefficient respectively. Result: Out of 31 nurse participants, majority (87.1%) had good knowledge and showed moderately good practice (in 70%) regarding oxytocin administration. The correlation between knowledge and practice on use of oxytocin among the staff nurses had positive relationship(r=0.051). Conclusion: Majority of nurses had good level of knowledge and moderate level of practice on use of oxytocin.

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Implementing structured model of clinical handover (SHARED): Its influence on nurses’ satisfaction

Clinical Nursing Studies ◽

10.5430/cns.v7n1p71 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Sohair Mabrouk Mohammed ◽

Sanaa Moustafa Safan

Keyword(s):

Staff Nurses ◽

University Hospitals ◽

Structured Model ◽

Clinical Handover ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Knowledge Questionnaire ◽

Refresher Training ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Training Courses ◽

Knowledge And Practice

Objective: Clinical handover is acting an important role which nurses are usually involved numerous times in daily working for providing patient care. In spite of the importance of clinical handover, there is no standardized handover practice in our healthcare settings. This study aimed to explore the effect of implementing a structured model of clinical handover (SHARED), and its influence on nurses’ satisfaction.Methods: Design: The quasi-experimental design was utilized. Settings: Conducted at Menoufia University Hospitals at inpatient departments/units. Subjects: A convenient sample of 167 staff nurses who had at least a year of experience and accept to participate in this study. Tools: Tool I, Handover Knowledge Questionnaire; Tool II: clinical handover questionnaire; and Tool III, nurses’ satisfaction questionnaire.Results: Nurses’ levels of total knowledge regarding practices of the current clinical handover were poor at pre-implementation and improved after implementation of the structured model as SHARED. Additionally, there was an improvement of clinical handover attitude after implementation of a SHARED framework among studied subjects and had a good level of attitude than pre-implementation phases.Conclusions: There was the highest level of nurses’ satisfaction regarding clinical handover practice at the post-implementation of SHARD model than pre-implementation.Recommendations: Ongoing educational sessions for nurses and periodic refresher training courses should be provided in order to keep nurses updating knowledge and practice regarding structured and standardized handover models.

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