Volume : 08, Issue : 07, July – 2021
Title:
01.ASSESS NURSES KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES REGARDING PHLEBITIS IN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL UNIT OF SERVICES HOSPITAL LAHORE.
Authors :
Sehrish Arshad, Fozia Arshad, Nabila Kanwal
Abstract :
Background: Quality of care is closely related to knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses. Phlebitis is commonly seen in medical and surgical unit of services hospital Lahore. Studies at different countries and different sectors done on nurses knowledge , attitude and practice related to phlebitis but no study was done in services hospital Lahore.
Purpose of study: Purpose of this research study was to assess nurse’s knowledge, attitude and practices regarding phlebitis in medical and surgical unit of services hospital Lahore.
Method: A Descriptive, cross sectional study done. Population was staff nurses of medical and surgical unit of services hospital Lahore, sample size was 80 with 5% of confidence error and 95% confidence interval. Questioner with reticle scale strongly agree, agree, satisfied, disagree and strongly disagree were filled. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20 and results are shown in form of tables and bar charts.
Results: According to results 77.54% nurses were aware regarding phlebitis whereas 22.6% nurses were not aware about phlebitis.90.64% nurses had favorable attitude whereas 9.36% nurses had unfavorable attitude.48.8% nurses were performing standard practices while inserting, managing and removing cannula whereas 51.2% were not performing substandard practices in services hospital Lahore.
Conclusion: Most of nurses had knowledge about phlebitis and favorable attitude regarding care of intravenous cannula. At some area of questions lacking seen in knowledge among nurses. But still they didn’t follow the standard guidelines and had poor practices regarding care of intravenous cannula instead of having knowledge about them. That’s why rate of phlebitis is high nationally as well as internationally.
Limitation: First exposure to research individually so fear of errors.
Key Words: Knowledge, attitude, practice, phlebitis, nurse.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Sehrish Arshad et al., Assess Nurses Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Regarding Phlebitis In Medical And Surgical Unit Of Services Hospital Lahore.., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2021; 08(07).
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