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Titre : | An exploration into registered nurses? Knowledge of adult fever in Scotland: A mixed method study (2022) |
Auteurs : | Lu-Yen A. Chen ; Tonks N. Fawcett ; Colin Chandler |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Nurse Education in Practice (Vol. 63, August 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | 103411 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Ecosse ; Enseignement infirmier ; Fièvre ; Savoir |
Résumé : | Background Fever may be a result of many causes, infective or non-infective. Nurses? fever management can be affected by their knowledge and beliefs and also by patients? beliefs. Consequently, an understanding of fever is vital in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of various ailments and diseases. Greater knowledge of fever will guide more accurate assessments of the epidemiology of fever and its management. Objectives This study explored nurses? knowledge in the context of fever and identified factors that affected this knowledge acquisition. Methods A mixed methods approach was used with a validated questionnaire designed to gather information about nurses? knowledge of fever. This was followed up by semi-structured interviews to explore factors associated with the acquisition of fever knowledge. The online survey was distributed to registered nurses in Scotland. Results A total of 177 questionnaires were completed. The questionnaires were scored with a correct answer 1 point, while a wrong answer ?1 point. The mean total score in the knowledge section was 0.47. Only 49.2 % of participants scored above 0. The stepwise linear regression demonstrated working experience in critical care unit, acute care unit and the role of nurse practitioner together could predict 10 % of the total knowledge score (P |
Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471595322001251 |