Knowledge and practice of intravenous infusion among nurses in university of Calabar teaching hospital
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knowledge, practice, intravenous infusion, nurses, UCTHAbstract
This study aimed at assessing the knowledge and practice of intravenous infusion among nurses in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Two (2) objectives with the corresponding research questions were formulated. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population and sample comprised of 160 registered nurses working in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Convenient sampling technique was employed to select 114 nurses to form the sample for this study. A self-developed and structured questionnaire was used to obtain data and analyzed using simple frequency and percentage tables. Findings of Results in table 2 reveals that majority 87(76.3) of the respondents said yes that As a nurse I know that intravenous infusion is carried out in most hospital by both doctors and nurses while 27(23.7%) said no. 114(100) of the respondents said yes that As a nurse I know that most management in the hospital do not allow nurses to carryout intravenous infusion on their patients for fear of replacement.
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