Open AccessAssessment of Nurses Awareness Regarding Hemodialysis Complications: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Sadia Nasarullah,
Muhammad Hussain,
Kousar Perveen,
Muhammad Afzal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of health, medicine and nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2710-1150
DOI - 10.47941/ijhmnp.600
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , medicine , descriptive research , nursing , cross sectional study , family medicine , descriptive statistics , surgery , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the awareness of nurses regarding hemodialysis complication in Lahore, Pakistan.
Methodology: Descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. The study was conducted at the Hemodialysis Unit at tertiary Care Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. The sample of the study consisted of 110 nurses (female) working in the hemodialysis unit, aged between 18 and 55 years has agreed to participate in this study. The self-administered questionnaire sheet was used to collect study-related data with the following sections. Part 1: ''Nurse's socio-demographic characteristics'', Part 2: "Nurses 'Awareness of Hemodialysis Practices", Part 3: "Nurses' Awareness of Hemodialysis Complications"
Findings: Most of the nurses had a good level of knowledge about the complications of hemodialysis and very few of them had little knowledge. Most of the nurses were females and were aged 18-27.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Further research should be done on a larger sample of them which focuses on their practice and should make the results of their study regarding their knowledge and its reflection on their practice