Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Fever Management for Children at Babylon Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Pediatric at Al-Hilla City

Authors

  • Shahznan Hassan Badr
  • Mohammed Talib Abed
  • Haitham Ibrahim Faris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.15096

Keywords:

Nurses, Knowledge, Attitudes, Fever management, Children

Abstract

Background: Fever is part of the body’s normal reaction to inflammatory or immunological disorders and
infections. Since health care providers (HCPs) and parents are still a source of great concern, attempts
have been made to include guidance for their management worldwide. Objectives of the study: To evaluate
of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes concerning fever management for children. Methods of the study: a
descriptive design study was carried out (November/2018-April/2019) at Babylon maternal and child teaching
hospital on (100) nurses, a convenience non probability study sample, the validity of the questionnaire was
accomplished through (8) experts. The researchers were collected the data by self-administration report.
Data analyzed by using statistical package for the social science (SPSS). Results: the result show that
the (49%) of the nurses are college and above graduate. Regarding marital status, (64%) were married. In
addition, the years of experience for nurses were (47%) less than 5 years. Concerning Participating in any
training course, the most of nurses (57%) were participating in the training courses, and most of sample
(90%) are lived in urban area, overall all assessment of nurses knowledge are moderate. Conclusions: the
study conclude that Early adulthood nurses who were graduate with a college degree and above, married,
who live in urban areas, and had experience from 1-5 years .as well as, who participated in training courses
regarding fever management.

Author Biographies

  • Shahznan Hassan Badr

    Assist. Lect., Pediatric Health Nursing Department/ College of Nursing , Alameed University, Iraq

  • Mohammed Talib Abed

    Assist. Lect.
    MSc in Pediatric Nursing/ College of Nursing, Babylon University, Babylon Province-Iraq

  • Haitham Ibrahim Faris

    Assist. Lect. Adult
    Health Nursing Department/ College of Nursing, Alameed University, Iraq

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Published

2021-03-24

How to Cite

Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Fever Management for Children at Babylon Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Pediatric at Al-Hilla City. (2021). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 15(2), 4512-4518. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.15096