| Effect of the Fever Education Program on Pediatric Nurses' Expert Knowledge, Attitudes and Nursing Practice |
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Sun Sook Jang1, In Sook Cho2 |
1Jungang Childrens Hospital, Korea
2Department of Nursing, Kwangju Women's University, Korea |
| 발열교육프로그램이 아동병원간호사의 지식, 태도 및 간호수행에 미치는 효과 |
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장선숙1, 조인숙2 |
1중앙아동병원
2광주여자대학교 |
Correspondence:
In Sook Cho,
Email: chois@Kwu.ac.kr
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| Abstract |
Purpose
This study was performed to develop the Fever Education Program (FEP) and evaluate its effects on the knowledge, attitudes, and nursing practice of pediatric nurses.
Methods
The quasi-experimental research strategy used a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. Recruited participants were forty-seven nurses at two pediatric hospitals in G city. The research was conducted from September 1 to October 10, 2015. To test the effects of the FEP, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group (n=27) and a control group (n=20). Data were collected prior to and six weeks after the intervention using self-reported questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test, the χ2- test, t–test, Mann-Whitney U test, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with the SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
Results
Following the FEP intervention, no significant differences were found in nursing practice, but significant differences were found in knowledge (t=3.62, p=0.001) and attitudes (t=4.26, p=0.000) between the experimental group and the control group.
Conclusion
The results of this study indicate that the FEP could provide an effective nursing intervention to improve knowledge and attitudes toward fever care in pediatric nurses. |
| Key Words:
fever, pediatric nurses, knowledge, attitude, nursing practice |
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