Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia

Endotracheal tube suctioning is a vital procedure in the critical care unit. It is a procedure that either can give benefits or harm to the patient. This research study is done to determine the level of knowledge and practice in endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses at the critical care wards...

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Main Author: Nordin, Nur Najiha
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021
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description Endotracheal tube suctioning is a vital procedure in the critical care unit. It is a procedure that either can give benefits or harm to the patient. This research study is done to determine the level of knowledge and practice in endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses at the critical care wards at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). A crosssectional study was involving 113 respondents via random sampling. A questionnaire survey used for data collection from October 2020 to July 2021. The test used in this study was descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Chi-Square test using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. The findings revealed that 61.3% of the nurses scored good knowledge while 37.7% scored poor knowledge. Meanwhile, for the practice, 92.1% of the nurses scored good practice while 7.1% scored poor practice. In addition, there was no significant association between the sociodemographic data (age, gender, level of education, working experience in critical care wards and working wards) with the nurses’ level of knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning (pvalue >0.05). Plus, there was no significant correlation between the level of knowledge and level of practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards. As conclusion, majority of the nurses in critical care wards have good knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning.
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spelling usm-554452022-10-31T08:10:36Z http://eprints.usm.my/55445/ Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia Nordin, Nur Najiha R Medicine Endotracheal tube suctioning is a vital procedure in the critical care unit. It is a procedure that either can give benefits or harm to the patient. This research study is done to determine the level of knowledge and practice in endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses at the critical care wards at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). A crosssectional study was involving 113 respondents via random sampling. A questionnaire survey used for data collection from October 2020 to July 2021. The test used in this study was descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Chi-Square test using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. The findings revealed that 61.3% of the nurses scored good knowledge while 37.7% scored poor knowledge. Meanwhile, for the practice, 92.1% of the nurses scored good practice while 7.1% scored poor practice. In addition, there was no significant association between the sociodemographic data (age, gender, level of education, working experience in critical care wards and working wards) with the nurses’ level of knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning (pvalue >0.05). Plus, there was no significant correlation between the level of knowledge and level of practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards. As conclusion, majority of the nurses in critical care wards have good knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021-06 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55445/1/NUR%20NAJIHA%20NORDIN-24%20pages.pdf Nordin, Nur Najiha (2021) Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle R Medicine
Nordin, Nur Najiha
Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title_full Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title_short Knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at Hospital Universti Sains Malaysia
title_sort knowledge and practice on endotracheal tube suctioning among nurses in critical care wards at hospital universti sains malaysia
topic R Medicine
url http://eprints.usm.my/55445/
http://eprints.usm.my/55445/1/NUR%20NAJIHA%20NORDIN-24%20pages.pdf