Assessment of Nurse Knowledge Regarding Nursing Care of Burn Patient In Military hospital (emergency department)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background Burn injuries remain one of the leading causes of injury morbidity and mortality in the World Health Organization's (WHO) care of the burn patient begins with the initial assessment and treatment of life-threatening injuries. Aims: the study aimed at assessing the knowledge of nurse regarding burn care given at military hospital Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional -based study conducted military hospital (emergency department) during the period from April and June 2017. It included 35 nurses . Data collected through questionnaire, analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and presented as tables and figure Results: Findings showed that all most were in the age between 23-28. And level of education (88.57%) bachelor Regarding early assess of burn pt knowledge was good mojorty . 2third of the study sample good knowledge about name of burn that effect only the superficial skin layers . (33.42%) of the study sample poor knowledge about methods used to determine the total body surface area . Conclusion: the study recommendations knowledge was good about early assess of burn pt . with poor knowledge regarding methods used to determine the total body surface area .Recommendation: The study recommendedthatfrequent refreshing courses and encourage the nurses to increase the level of knowledge conduct further studies related to this research