A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Practices of Staff Nurses Regarding Administration of Intra Venous (IV) Therapy in Selected Hospital at Jaipur , Rajasthan"
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practices of staff nurses regarding administration of intravenous (I.V.) therapy in selected hospital at Jaipur , Rajasthan. The objectives of the study were 1. To assess the knowledge of staff nurses regarding administration of I.V. therapy. 2. To assess the practices of staff nurses regarding administration of I.V. therapy. 3. To assess the correlation between knowledge and practices of staff nurses regarding administration of I.V. therapy. 4. To know the association between knowledge of staff nurses regarding administration of I.V. therapy according to demographic variables. Research approach: The study involved non experimental design descriptive study, with non-probability sampling technique in which purposive sampling method was used. The results were described by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Major findings of the study: Majority of staff nurses (56%) were in the age group of 31 to 40 years, (79%) of the staff nurses were female and (44%) of them were B.Sc. nursing, (50%) of them had 6–10 years clinical experience. (96%) of staff nurses found that all necessary equipment's available in ward for I.V. therapy. Overall knowledge mean score was (14.16%) with (3.60) standard deviations. Practice means score was (38.84%) with (1.40) standard deviations. There was mild positive correlation founded between knowledge and practice of Staff nurses. There was significant association with demographic variable gender and no significant association with other demographic variables such as age, professional qualification, total clinical experience, equipment available in ward attended any in service education programme.
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Yogesh Yadav, Raju Choudhary
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