NURSES KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE UTILIZATION OF NURSING CARE PLAN IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT, AT CENTRAL HOSPITAL WARRI, DELTA STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background: Nursing care plan is a systematic and deliberate process in patient care and management, this care plan prioritize orders of need. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study design was adopted. Sixty two (62) registered staff Nurses of Central hospital Warri responded to the self-administered questionnaires on the 16 September 2023. Quantitative data were collected from staff nurses from all departments and wards in the hospital using the convenience sampling techniques. SPSS 26.0 was use to analyze data where the p value of 0.05 was considered a decision mark for the significance of the result. Result: Results revealed that staff nurses at Central hospital Warri have knowledge and possess the right attitude towards the utilization of nursing care plan in patient management at Central Hospital with a respondents of 62 (100%) although inconsiderable amount of the respondents have deficient knowledge towards the utilization of nursing care plan in patient management. However in section D of the questionnaire several factors hinders the ability of staff nurses to inculcate this instrument in their practice, 34 (54.8%) and 21(33.8%) agree and strongly agree nursing care plan not done due to limited time and 36(58.6%), 24(38.7%) agree and strongly agree nursing care plan not done due to lack of adequate STAFFING. Conclusion: The study shows that majority of nursing Staffs at central hospital have good level of knowledge and attitude towards the utilization of nursing care plan in patient management.
Keywords: knowledge, Attitude, Nursing Care Plan, Patient Management
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