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Assessment of Nurses ' Knowledge and Practices toward Isolation Techniques among Children with Hepatitis at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Otheeb, Ahmed Saleh Aburaghi, Leila Fakhir |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | A descriptive study design carried out at the Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad starting from November 22, 2015 to the August 8, 2016. In order assess the Nurses' Knowledge and Practices toward Isolation Techniques among Children with Hepatitis . Methodology: Non probability (purposive) sample of (50) nurses are selected from isolation wards in pediatric teaching hospitals in Baghdad, and they have at least one year of experience in Pediatric Hospital. The study instruments consist of three major parts. The first part related to nurses' demographic data, the second part related to nurse's knowledge and composed of (58) Items and the third part is concerned with observational checklist and composed of (53) items of nurses' practices of isolation techniques among children with hepatitis. The data were collected through using constructed questionnaire, which is consisted of (121 ) items and filled by interview technique and observational checklist. Descriptive statistical analysis frequencies, percentage, standard deviation, mean of scores and relative sufficiency; and inferential statistical analysis are used for analysis (Anova) . Results: The results of the study reveal adequate nurse's knowledge about isolation techniques among children with hepatitis, (56%) of the sample have very good knowledge toward isolation techniques among children with hepatitis, while evaluation of nurses' practices reveals (54%) have low practices toward isolation techniques among children with hepatitis, this result means that most of the nurses' practices have low scores. The findings reflect the significant relationship between nurse's knowledge and their marital status, and no significant relationship between nurse's knowledge and other demographic variables and a significant relationship between nurse's years of working in isolation wards, training session, and their practices no significant relationship between nurse's practices and their other demographic variables. Recommendation: The study recommends that an educational and training program of isolation techniques among children with hepatitis is important for the nurses working in isolation wards, nurses' education level should be improved through an increasing the number of professional nurses employed in isolation wards. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
