Empowering Nursing Practices: Enhancing Patient Care Through Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Urinary Catheterisation in Taicang City.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards unnecessary urinary catheterisation among nurses in Taicang City, China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

This study included nurses from our hospital and was conducted between February 2023 and June 2023.

Data sources

A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect their demographic characteristics and KAP.

Results

A total of 233 valid questionnaires were collected. The mean KAP scores were 13.44 ± 1.62 (possible range: 0-17), 45.28 ± 3.87 (possible range: 10-50) and 43.85 ± 5.98 (possible range: 10-50), which indicated moderate knowledge, positive attitude and proactive practice, respectively. The Pearson's correlation analysis showed positive correlations between knowledge

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621037 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature