Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards documentation among nurses working in emergency department of selected governmental hospitals in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 2019.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wubetie, Andualem(BSC, MSC) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Girma, Biruk(Md,Assistant Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesfaye, Birhanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-02T07:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:38:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-02T07:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:38:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Nursing documentation is a required aspect of care which provides written confirmation of discussions and actions that have been done as well as missed for specific reasons. However it draws criticism from professionals, community and different regulatory organization due to incomplete, substandard documentation. However, little has been explored about nursing documentation practice in health care facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Therefore; this study was conducted to assess documentation knowledge, attitude, and practice among nurses working in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Objectives: the objective of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards documentation among nurses working in emergency departments at Black lion specialized Hospital, Zewditu memorial Hospital and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019. Methods and material: Cross-sectional design; structured self-administered questionnaires were used to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. Frequency table, graphs and pie chart was used to describe the result. Result: A total of 243 nurses completed the survey 65% of participants were female with the mean age of 29.5 (SD± 0.86). The score of respondents’ knowledge and practice towards nursing documentation was added up and dichotomized into two based on the mean knowledge score which was 3.3(D± 0.47), and 7.45 (SD ± 2.07) respectively. Attitude was assessed using likert scale and the mean score was 30(SD±0.45). Accordingly the knowledge, attitude and practice of the respondents 33.3%, 27.6%, 50.21% were poor respectively. Conclusion: The study indicated that knowledge and attitude of nurses towards documentation fall in good and favorable range of mean score respectively. But the practice was poor among nurses working in emergency departments of selected governmental hospitals. Recommendation: Based on the finding of this study, employing institutions need to create awareness and provide training to enhance knowledge, attitude and practice of the nurses regarding documentation. Researchers also need to carry out large scale studies in order to address the problem. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21235 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nursing documentation, Practice, Nurse, Emergency department | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses towards documentation among nurses working in emergency department of selected governmental hospitals in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 2019. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |