Knowledge and Practice of Staff Nurses about Nursing Care of Children with Fever
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Fever is a common childhood problem faced by health care personnel including doctors, nurses and others in both hospital and community settings. Children in hospital should be nursed in an environment, where staffs are knowledgeable about their nursing care. Methodology: Quasi Experimental approach was used with one group pre test and post test design. The investigator used purposive sampling technique selecting the 40 samples. A planned teaching programme on nursing care of children with fever, a structured knowledge questionnaire and structured observational checklist were prepared. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. Result: The mean post test knowledge score 22.93 was higher than mean pre test knowledge score 16.4 with the mean difference of 6.53. The mean post test practice score 19.23 was higher than the mean pretest practice score is 11.43 with the mean difference of 7.8. The pre test and post test knowledge and practice score was statistically tested by using paired âtâ test and it was found significant at both 0.05 and 0.01 level (t39 = 17.52, t39 = 17.36 respectively). Conclusion: There was significant increase in the knowledge and practice after the administration of the planned teaching programme on nursing care of children with fever. Hence it is concluded that planned teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge and practice of the staff nurses.
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Dhara Y. Vyas
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