Knowledge regarding gastrostomy feeding among staff nurses and nursing students (original) (raw)
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Pamphlet as a Teaching Tool for Improving Nurse’s Knowledge Regarding Nasogastric Tube Feeding
2022
This study aimed to access informative pamphlets to improve nurses' knowledge regarding nasogastric tube feeding. METHODOLOGY A quasi-experimental study was carried out among nurses in private and government tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar, KPK. The critical care unit participants were selected for the study using a convenient sampling technique. The participants were divided into control and experimental group. The experiment group was taught by informative pamphlet while the control was not. The questionnaire was adopted from similar studies, which included 17 questions. Data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 25. RESULTS The experimental group's score was higher than the control group. The mean knowledge score of the control group participants was 15.42%, whereas the mean score of the intervention group was 17.82%. It shows that the intervention group resulted better than the control group. CONCLUSION Keeping in view the current study; it may be concluded that using informative pamphlets as a teaching tool significantly improves nurses' knowledge about nasogastric tube feeding.
Nurses' Performance Regarding Nasogastric Tube Feeding in Intensive Care Units
2013
Background: Nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is a common practice in Intensive care Units(ICUs). The aim of study was to assess nurses' performance regarding nasogastric tubefeeding in Intensive Care Units. Subjects and methods: A descriptive correlation design wasused in this study. All nurses (100) in all ICUs at Zagazig University Hospitals wereincluded. Two tools were used for collecting data, 1) questionnaire sheet to collect knowledgeabout socio-demographic characteristics of study nurses and questions to assess nurses'knowledge regarding nasogastric tube and feeding administration. 2) Observational checklistto assess nurses' practice regarding NGT insertion and feeding administration. Results: thestudy finding revealed that there was a statistical significant relation between total knowledgeand total practice concluded that nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about NGTinsertion and feeding, and their level of practice was unsatisfactory. It can be concluded...
The ICU nurses’ knowledge on Enteral Nutrition and the associated factors: quasi-experiment
The ICU nurses’ knowledge on Enteral Nutrition and the associated factors: quasi-experiment, 2023
Abstract The critically ill patients and those with gut complications and unable to perform the normal reflex ingestion of food materials need the assistive aid of the enteral tube feeding. Notably, the number of patients who need the enteral feeding continue to rise and overwhelm the physicians in the Intensive Care Unit at the tertiary care hospital, Abu Dhabi. The need for the ICU nurses to take an active role in providing enteral tube feeding thus becomes pressing. However, the knowledge and practical skills of such nurses is not well established. Therefore, this study sought to assess the ICU nurses’ knowledge about enteral nutrition and the associated factors before providing an education training to elevate the noted knowledge gaps. One hundred and five participants were recruited from the intensive care unit of the tertiary hospital and assessed using the preset knowledge assessment in July 2019. Henceforth, we divided the participants in to two equal groups of 52 participants – the experimental and control groups. While the training program was delivered to the experimental group alone, the posttest assessment was performed for both the control and experimental groups in October, 2019. Comparative data analysis using the Wilcoxon sign rank test confirmed a statistically significant difference between the two scores (p=.005). The participants in the experimental group had a mean score of 58.79 while those in the control group had a mean of 54.12. Further regression analysis confirmed that nurses’ knowledge about enteral feeding is mostly affected by previous training {p=.002 (ß=.292)} followed by their level of education {p=.031 (ß=.190)} and duration of experience {p=.047 (ß=.175)}. As such there is a need to design regular training programs to improve the nurses’ practical skills about the enteral tube feeding for the proper patient nutrition and faster recovery.
BMC Health Services Research
Background: Data on nurses' adherence to standard protocol on nasogastric (NG) tube feeding remain scanty in Ghana even though patients in critical medical conditions are routinely managed using this procedure. This study explored self-rated adherence to standard protocols on NG tube feeding among professional and auxiliary nurses and the perceived barriers impeding compliance to these standard protocols. Methods: This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study among professional (n = 89) and auxiliary (n = 24) nurses in a major referral hospital in one of the ten administrative regions in Ghana. Four-point Likert scale was used to ascertain the level of adherence to standard guidelines on nasogastric tube, ranging from 4 "Very large extent" to 1 "Very little extent". Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test and univariate ordered logistic regression tests (proportional odds models) were performed to determine the odds of higher self-ratings among professional and auxiliary nurses. Results: Overall, the odds of higher self-ratings on adherence to standard nursing protocols on NG tube feeding was higher among auxiliary nurses than professional nurses (OR = 2.76, p = 0.031) after adjusting for age, gender, education and years of work experience. Key barriers to adherence to standard protocols on NG tube feeding were: limited opportunities for in-service trainings and insufficiency of NG tube feeding protocols on the wards. Conclusion: There is the need for more routine in-service trainings for nursing staff to update their knowledge on NG tube feeding. Hospital management should also make current nursing protocols available to nurses to guide their practice alongside routine onsite supervision of nurses.
The intensive care unit (ICU) is considered a high- risk area in the hospital because of the severity of injuries and the high liability of occurrences associated with ICU. Critically ill patients are at high risk for actual or potential life-threating health problems. Moreover, critical care nurses must develop their knowledge, skills, and safe practice in acute areas where patients require more detailed observation or intervention to deliver safe and effective care. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of an educational program on nurses’ practices regarding the implementation of patient care and safety measures during enteral feeding. Design: The quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Methods: The study was conducted from June to September 2020. All registered nurses who were working in the intensive care units during the period of data collection comprised the sample. Based on the nurses’ needs regarding the condition of their competencies during the initial assessment, we developed and designed the educational program. This program consists of two parts: theory and practical. The program contains workshop (8 hours) per day and educational pamphlet handout. The workshop consists of PowerPoint presentations, group discussions, and training scenarios. Results: This study was carried out with 48 nurses working in the previous intensive care units. The nurses’ score were improved after the program regarding to nurses’ age, qualification, and experience. The overall study found a statistically significant relationship of this procedure before and after the implementation of the educational program (p<0.001). Conclusion: There has been remarkable and variation improvement of nurses performance after they received the education program. The results show that a statistically significant difference was found before and after implementing the program regarding the nurses’ age, qualification, and experience. It is recommended to pay more attention to these nurses by helping them to improve their knowledge and practices in all nursing interventions. Furthermore, it is necessary to improve nurses’ awareness regarding the quality of care and patient safety. It was also found that the poor knowledge and practice and its complications have a negative impact on the quality of care and patient safety.
Introduction: Bowel wash plays a vital role in the treatment of constipation it is also very significant for the purpose of cleansing the bowel prior to almost all the abdominal surgeries. Bowel wash was originally developed to cleanse the large bowel before surgery or colonoscopy. Bowel wash has the effect of mechanically flushing the ingested poison out of the gastro intestinal tract before it can be absorbed into the body. Solution used during bowel wash are plain water, cold water (ice enemata), normal saline, sodium bicarbonate solution 1to 2 percent, antiseptic solution such as silver nitrate-1:5000, potassium permanganate solution-1:5000, boric solution 1to2%, amount of solution used :2 to 3 liters or till the return flow is clear. Methods: A Non-Experimental descriptive research was adopted for this study. The study was conducted in selected hospital, Nellore district. 30 samples were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Structured questionnaire were used to assess the knowledge regarding bowel wash among staff Nurses and Nursing students Results: The study results shows that with regard to knowledge regarding bowel wash among staff nurses, 8(53.3%) had inadequate knowledge, 6(40%) had moderately adequate knowledge, 1(6.7%) had adequate knowledge, whereas in nursing students, 8(53.3%) had inadequate knowledge, 5(33.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge, 2(13.3%) had adequate knowledge Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of staff nurses and nursing students had inadequate knowledge regarding bowel wash. So there is a need to improve knowledge both by the student nurses and as well as staff nurses.
Introduction: Diarrhea is not a condition, it's a symptom of another health issues, such as an infection or virus. It can also occur reaction of food medication parasites or bacteria in food. Cure of diarrhea may three types, firstly drink water and other fluids that help to restore essential vitamins and minerals lost through diarrhea and secondly its can control through the hygienic diet. According to UNICEF (2014) about 1.7 to 5 billion people are affected with diarrhoea and it occurs most common in developing country where young children are mostly common in developing country and mostly reported about 11% or1.7 billion of people are affected with diarrhea. Methods: A Non-Experimental descriptive research was adopted for this study. The study was conducted in selected hospital, Nellore district. 30 samples were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Structured questionnaire were used to assess the knowledge regarding bowel wash among staff Nurses and Nursing students Results: The study results shows that with regard to knowledge regarding care of patient with diarrhoea among staff nurses,7(46.7%) had inadequate knowledge, 6(40%) had moderately adequate knowledge, 2(13.2%) had adequate knowledge, whereas in nursing students, 2(13.3%) had inadequate knowledge, 7(46.7%) had moderately adequate knowledge, 6(40%) had adequate knowledge. Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of staff nurses had inadequate knowledge regarding care of patient with diarrhea whereas majority of the nursing students had moderately adequate knowledge regarding. So there is a need to improve knowledge by the staff nurses and as well as student nurses.
Journal of American Science, 2012
Patients in the critical care setting are at high risk of malnutrition due to the nature of their illness, stressors and their hyper-metabolic state. Enteral nutrition is the preferred route of nutrient administration in critically ill patient. Compared with total parenteral nutrition; the enteral route is safer, more physiologic and less expensive. As the nursing role in tube insertion, enteral feeding delivery and care is crucial, the nurses' knowledge and practice regarding enteral nutrition will affect the patient clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a designed instructional program on the nurses' knowledge and practices regarding enteral nutrition in the critical care department of Al-Manial University Hospital. A quasi-experimental (time series) design was used in the current study. A convenient sample of 85 nurses representing approximately all practitioner nurses at the critical care department at Al-Manial University Hospital. Data were obtained through three main tools; knowledge assessment questionnaire with the socio-demographic data sheet, observational checklist and session evaluation form. The instructional program was designed based on an extensive revision of the related materials, recent medical textbooks, studies and literature. Method; The instructional program was conducted over 21 repeated lectures during different working shifts in an average of 6 sessions per week for one month, 90 minutes each.; lectures included watching some educational videos for the practical skills related to enteral nutrition. Results revealed that the designed instructional program was having an effective, sustainable impact on improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding enteral nutrition in the critical care department. The study concluded that nurses had lack of knowledge and some unsafe practices regarding enteral feeding in the critical care department, however, the instructional program showed a positive impact in improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding enteral nutrition in the critical care department. The study recommended establishing a written updated protocol of enteral nutrition to ensure enough knowledge, unified and safe nursing practice; it's recommended to implement this study on other hospitals in Cairo and Egypt. Moreover, the implementation of continuous education programs regarding enteral nutrition can play a part in supporting clinical practice.
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2016
Background: Abdominal palpation is one of the components of the antenatal examination which is one of the important parts of antenatal care and incorporated in the syllabus of the nursing students and considered as an important procedure to be learned, in the practical life to prevent the complications and save the life of the mother and the infant. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the level of nursing student’s knowledge regarding abdominal palpation and determine if level of students knowledge regarding abdominal palpation are associated with their socio- demographic and educational characteristics in terms of different nursing programme. Materials and Methods: Quantitative descriptive study was done among 92 nursing students regarding abdominal palpation who were currently enrolled in 1st year PBBSc Nursing, 3rd year and 4th year B Sc. nursing and 3rd year GNM programme and available at the time of data collection and had attended regular classes on abdominal p...