Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices towards Physical Assessment of Critically Ill Patients among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study to examine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards physical assessment of critically ill patients in Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore Pakistan.

Methodology: The cross-sectional study was performed. A well-designed questionnaire was used to observe responses. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was used to analyze the data. For the analysis, descriptive statistics of demographic data were used, meaning standard deviation and frequency. The Pearson correlation test was used to measure the correlation between knowledge, attitude, and practice towards physical assessment of critically ill patients. The study results display in tables and charts. Pearson correlation at p <0.05 consider as significant.

Findings: The study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice among intensive care unit nurses towards physical assessment of critically sick patients in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. In this study, around 57.2% of nurses had good knowledge, 59.4% positive attitude, and 68.1% good practice towards critical ill patient’s physical assessment

Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: This study provide the opportunity to the nurses better to enhance their level of knowledge and skill of practice on physical assessment. Nurses, who had better knowledge and skill, should also teach their respective colleagues.

Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Intensive Care Unit, Nurses, Physical Assessment.