Assessment of Knowledge, Practice and Associated Factors of Adult Intensive Care Nurses

Description

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common nosocomial infection, with the prevalence rates ranging from 10% to 70% in critical/ Intensive care units. It is a sub-type of hospital-acquired pneumonia which occurs in people who are on intubation or mechanical ventilation that was not present at the time of admission to hospital or that occurs 48 hours after intubation and mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal or tracheotomy with reported incidence of 6–20 times higher in these patients. The objective of the book is to assess knowledge, practice, and associated factors of Adult Intensive Care (ICU) nurses on prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in selected Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A facility based cross-sectional and observational study was conducted on 129 Adult Intensive Care nurses to assess their knowledge, practice, and other associated factors by using self-administered questionnaire and observational checklist. Information letters, consent forms and questionnaires were handed to nurses working in the Adult ICU. Data was coded and entered to EPI INFO 3.5.4 and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 for descriptive and inferential statistics.