Knowledge, Attitude and Practice and Associated Factors on Oxygen Therapy Among Nurses and Midwives in Y12 HMC-2022 Gc

Abstract

Background: Oxygen is an essential medical therapy which saves a lot of lives. It is administered as a corrective treatment for conditions resulting in hypoxia (low level of oxygen in the blood). So, the nurse should have more skills and experience to performing this procedure in the aim to maintain the patient's life safe and avoid complications associated with incorrect oxygen administration technique. Objective: The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards oxygen therapy administration and associated factors among nurses and midwives at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical college in 2022. Method: To achieve the research objectives a hospital based cross-sectional study was applied. The sample size drawn was 198. Pertinent data for the study were gathered through structured questionnaires. Descriptive and multiple logistic regression were used in the analysis of independent and outcome variables. Result: Data is collected from 211 participants and my response rate is (198)93.8%. Among 198 nurse and midwives 50.5% were males, 49.5% with the range of 30-39yrs and most of them (48.5%) have work experience of 6-9yrs.The mean score of knowledge, attitude and practice were 5.7(SD=1.608),4.01(SD=1.837) and 14.5(3.49) respectively. It is found that the level of knowledge was adequate in 117(59.1%) and poor 81 (40.9%) of participants. Practical skill is found to poor in 63.1% of participants and factors associated with this were absences of oxygen therapy guide line, not participating in any training about oxygen therapy and supply of oxygen delivery system with P-value of 0.01, 0.02 and 0.002 respectively. work experience also contributes for poor practice. Conclusion: There is a clear practical gap among nurses and midwives working in Y12HMC and this study also shows as there is poor attitude in almost have of the participants which high compared to another research. The possible associated factors for poor practice were identified as work experience less than 1yr and absence of training and oxygen guideline. So, to enhance safe use of oxygen therapy the referral hospital needs to push its effort for improving the practice and attitude of nurses and midwives towards oxygen therapy by facilitating trainings, increases the availability of guideline and supply of oxygen.