Knowledge and practice of nurses with respect to perioperative hypothermia prevention in the Northwest Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It has been reported that maintaining a normal body temperature among surgical patients can reduce the length of hospitalisation by up to 40%, decrease the risk of surgical site infection by 64% and reduce mortality by fourfold. Nurses are primarily responsible for preventing the occurrence of hypothermia among surgical patients. This study assessed nurses' knowledge and practices with respect to perioperative hypothermia prevention in Northwest Ethiopia, and investigated the factors associated with good knowledge and practice.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Northwest Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 25 March-20 May 2021.

Participants

413 nurses working in the perioperative units of five referral hospitals.

Outc

SUBMITTER: Woretaw AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature