Nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients at teaching hospitals in al-Hilla city
Other Title(s)
معارف الممرضين تجاه العناية بالمرضى البالغين فاقدي الوعي في المستشفيات التعليمية في مدينة الحلة
Joint Authors
Muhammad, Widad Kamil
Abbas, Nail K.
Source
Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties
Issue
Vol. 32, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.90-102, 13 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Nursing
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Objective: The study aims to evaluate nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients and identify the relationship between nurses’ knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patient and their demographic characteristics of age, gender, Marital Status, level of qualification and years of experience.
Methodology: A descriptive study (quantitative design) was carried out by using quasi experimental design to study nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices toward care of unconscious adult patients at teaching hospitals in Al-Hilla City from September 2018 up to June 2019.
A purposively sample has been chosen in which included 60 nurses who work in ICUs within two hospitals (Imam Al-Sadiq teaching hospital and Al-Hilla general teaching hospital).
The sample has been collected by using the tool that involves four parts.
The first part is demographical data for a study sample which consists of 10 items, the second part is multiple choice questions related to nurses' knowledge which consists of 32 items, The tool has been validated by 11 experts, all of them have experience more than 10 years, a reliability is determined by Crohn Bach correlation where r= 0.92 .
The analyzed data have been stated during using of descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, mean of scores, Standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Coefficient alpha correlation and ANOVA).
Results: The study showed that the majority of the participants in the study were males aged between 20-29 years of bachelor's degree in nursing.
More than half of them were single and had years of experience in hospital and in intensive care unit (1-5) years, and half of the participants were doing their work in the morning and evening, within 24 hours, and the majority did not participate in training sessions on the intensive care unit.
The study also showed that nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients was enough.
Recommendations: Advanced video programs, specific meetings, programs, workshops, training activities and seminars, and Booklet are should be provided for nurses on how to care of unconscious adult patients to increase their knowledge, it's recommended to the Ministry of Health to provide the necessary advanced supplies and equipment for use in intensive care units (ICUs) and It is recommended for future studies conduction.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbas, Nail K.& Muhammad, Widad Kamil. 2019. Nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients at teaching hospitals in al-Hilla city. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties،Vol. 32, no. 1, pp.90-102.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893448
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbas, Nail K.& Muhammad, Widad Kamil. Nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients at teaching hospitals in al-Hilla city. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties Vol. 32, no. 1 (2019), pp.90-102.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893448
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbas, Nail K.& Muhammad, Widad Kamil. Nurses' knowledge toward care of unconscious adult patients at teaching hospitals in al-Hilla city. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties. 2019. Vol. 32, no. 1, pp.90-102.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-893448
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 102
Record ID
BIM-893448