Nurse’s Knowledge and Practice Regarding Emergency Care of Asthmatic Patients in Khartoum and AL Shaab Teaching Hospitals 2014

Abstract

Abstract

Background:

Asthma is

a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells

and cellular elements play a role inflammation causes recurrent episodes of wheezing,

breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing

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Globally, it is now estimated that as many as 300 million people of all ages, and all ethnic

backgrounds, suffer from asthma

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Objectives:

This study aimed to study nurse’s knowledge and practice regarding emergency

care of asthmatic patient

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Research methodology:

This

was

descriptive cross sectional hospital based study carried

in AlShaab and Khartoum Teaching Hospital, the study population all nurses who worked in

emergency room (80) nurses by selected with different education levels, the sample was total

coverage were successfully surveyed using both a close end questionnaire and check list and

using liker type scale (Very good-Very poor) were analysis using Statistical program for social

science (SPSS

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Results:

Half of study participants (50.0%) fair level of knowledge about the causes of

asthma, more than half of the participant (55.0%) good level of knowledge about the clinical

classification, There for it was only significant with yrs of experience (P.value= 0.006), in

addition most of the participants (58.8%) in this study showed the nurses practice regarding

emergency care for asthmatic patients to be fair, and

there was association between years of

experience and the nurses practice for patient with asthma attack (P-value= 0.000

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Conclusion:

Generally all the nurses who worked in the ER in both AlShaab and Khartoum

teaching hospital have a good knowledge regarding emergency care of asthmatic patients. But

their practice was fair