Assessment Of Nurses Knowledge And Attitude Towards Ionizing Radiation During Radiodiagnostic Imaging And Procedures At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Basic knowledge and attitude towards ionizing radiation and radiation practice duringrnradio-diagnostic imaging and procedure was assessed on nurses working at Tikur AnbessarnSpecialized Hospital was assessed. The major objective of the study was to assess thernknowledge and attitude gap of nurses when dealing with radiation and radiation protectionrnpractice during radio-diagnostic examination and procedures. A questionnaire-based,rncross-sectional study was conducted inTikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital fromrnMarch 2017G.C to August 2017G.C. A convenient sampling method was used where allrnnurses’ working in departments and unites where radio-diagnostic imaging and proceduresrnare undertaken namely the departments of Radiology, Oncology-Radiotherapy, ICU,rnNICU, Orthopedic-OR, and Cardiac Catheterization unit were participated. A selfadministeredrnquestionnaire forms were distributed to 116 nurses to fill up the questionerrnforms within two weeks period out of which 111 nurses responded to the questionnaire.rnThe study has shown that participants within the age group of 26 -30 years had the highestrncompared to those within the age group of 41 to 45years who scored the least frequency.rnMost of the nurses 97 (87.4%) had BSc as their highest qualification followed by 10(9%)rnMSc holders. The majority of participants’ have insufficient knowledge suggested by thernmean knowledge percent score of 47.9 % and only 24.3% of the participants correctlyrnanswered more than 50% of the questions. Moreover Only 32% of nurses practicernradiation protection by keeping distance from sources of exposure and shielding. ThernMajority of nurses 41% keep distance from source of radiation during exposure as arnradiation protection method. Finally, Findings of this study revealed that nurses’ withrninTikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital working in radiation related areas had insufficientrnknowledge and low awareness of ionizing radiation, and their attitude towards radiationrnprotection during radio-diagnostic examination is poor and have unsafe practice.

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