SMU Medical Journal

Nargis Ahamed ¹, Debarchana Mondal ²

Affiliations
1 Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing, Gangtok, Sikkim, IN
2 College of Nursing, Asia Heart Foundation, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

A descriptive survey was conducted in a selected hospital, Kolkata with the aim to assess the knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding Ryle's tube feeding, to find out relationship between knowledge and practice and to find out association with knowledge, practice and some selected variables. 42 staff nurses were selected by convenient sampling technique from the intensive therapeutic unit and high dependency unit of Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences hospital. A structured knowledge questionnaire and structured observation checklist were used to collect data. It was found that 32 (76%) participants had adequate knowledge and all (100%) had more than average practice level regarding Ryle's tube feeding. There was moderately positive correlation between knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding Ryle's tube feeding(r=0.46). There was significant association between knowledge with professional qualification and period of experience but there was no significant association found between practice with period of experience and professional qualification.

Though the study findings indicated that the nurses had necessary knowledge and practice regarding Ryle's tube feeding but it was found that the hospital was not having any written guideline regarding Ryle's tube feeding for the patients. So the researchers recommended for continuous teaching program and establishment of evidenced based guideline in the hospital on Ryle's tube feeding.

Keywords

Knowledge, Practice, Ryle’s Tube Feeding.

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Nargis Ahamed ¹, Pratima Chatterjee ²

Affiliations
1 Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing, Gangtok, Sikkim, IN
2 College of Nursing, Asia Heart Foundation, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

The investigators conducted an explorative survey to assess the knowledge and practice of blood sugar measurement technique among staff nurses of Intensive Therapy Units (ITU s) of Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Kolkata. 80 staff nurses were selected by convenient sampling technique from six ITUs. A structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist were used to collect data. Study findings showed that 45% participants had satisfactory knowledge and 97.5% participants had satisfactory practice level. There was significant relationship between knowledge and practice on blood sugar measurement technique among staff nurses (p=< 0.001). There was no significant association found between knowledge and selected variables such as age and professional qualification (p=>0.05) except period of working experience(p=<0.0l). There was also no significant association found between practice and selected variables such as age, professional qualification and working experience (p=>0.05).

Keywords

Knowledge, Practice, Blood Sugar Measurement Technique.

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