Assessment Of Nurses Knowledge Attitude And Practice About Oxygen Therapy At Emergency Departments Of One Federal And Three Regional Hospitals In Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background - Oxygen should be regarded as a drug. It is prescribed to prevent or treatrnhypoxemia. The concentration of oxygen prescribed aims to bring oxygen saturation (SpO2) tornnormal or near normal oxygen saturation.rnObjective - To assess knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses and factors associated withrnpoor KAP about oxygen therapy at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Yekatit 12 HospitalrnMedical College, Minillik II Referral Hospital and Zewditu Memorial Referral Hospital fromrnFebruary to May 2015.rnMethod – A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. The target population was allrnnurses and midwives working in the emergency department/units of the above hospitals. Samplernsize determination formula was not applied since all nurses and midwives in EDs of the selectedrnhospitals expected to respond a self administered questionnaire. Data was collected usingrnstructured questioners that measured nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice about oxygenrntherapy including associated factors in comparison with the widely used oxygen therapyrnguidelines in nursing standards. Data were coded and entered into a data base using SPSSrnversion 20 and cleaned as well as edited before analysis.rnResults - Among 152 nurses included in the study, 38.2% were males. The median age wasrnfound in the age category ranged from 26-30 years. The mean score on knowledge, attitude andrnpractice were 3.03(SD= 1.6665), 13.76(SD= 2.102) and 3.0921(SD= 1.76183) respectively.rnLevel of knowledge, attitude and practice on oxygen therapy was poor and good in 97(63.8%)rnand 55(36.2%) for knowledge; 71(46.7%) and 81(53.3%) for attitude; 86(56.6%) and 66(43.4%)rnfor practice respectively.rnFactors associated with poor knowledge, attitude and practice on oxygen therapy were trainingrnYes in 50(32.9%), No in 102(67.1%); availability of oxygen therapy guideline Yes in 36(23.7%),rnNo in 91(59.9%), I do not know in 25(16.4%); adequate supply of oxygen and delivery devicesrnYes in 79(52.0%), No in 57(37.5%), I do not know in 16(10.5%); work load affects oxygenrntherapy Yes in 99(65.1%), No in 37(24.3%) and Unknown in 16(10.5%)rnConclusion and recommendation – This study showed that there is a clear knowledge, attitudernand practice gap among nurses who were working in ED. The possible associated factors werernalso identified which includes lack of oxygen therapy training and guideline, work load,rninadequate supply of oxygen and delivery devices. It is recommended that ED nurses must be given training on oxygen therapy and be updated. National oxygen therapy guideline or Hospital protocol must be developed. Oxygen supply and delivery devices should always be adequate andrnbe used properly

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