Open AccessKnowledge and practice of intravenous infusion among nurses in university of Calabar teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Opiah Margaret Mombel,
Oyira Emilia James,
Asuquo F. Ekaete,
Obute Pauline,
Eze C. Margaret
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns3.6132
Subject(s) - teaching hospital , medicine , university hospital , nursing staff , nursing , sample (material) , nurse educator , population , general hospital , descriptive research , family medicine , psychology , nurse education , sociology , social science , chemistry , environmental health , chromatography
This study aimed at assessing the knowledge and practice of intravenous infusion among nurses in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Two (2) objectives with the corresponding research questions were formulated. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population and sample comprised of 160 registered nurses working in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Convenient sampling technique was employed to select 114 nurses to form the sample for this study. A self-developed and structured questionnaire was used to obtain data and analyzed using simple frequency and percentage tables. Findings of Results in table 2 reveals that majority 87(76.3) of the respondents said yes that As a nurse I know that intravenous infusion is carried out in most hospital by both doctors and nurses while 27(23.7%) said no. 114(100) of the respondents said yes that As a nurse I know that most management in the hospital do not allow nurses to carryout intravenous infusion on their patients for fear of replacement.