Objective: The study was carried out to find the knowledge and awareness of medical and surgical section nurses about the use of antiseptic and disinfectants and the immediate and late impact of an educational intervention like seminar and workshop in the knowledge of nurses.Method: This is a questionnaire-based pre-and post-test cross-sectional study. 200 nurses (100 working in medical wards and 100 working in surgical wards and operation theater) were selected using random number sampling method. First, a pretest was given. Then, an educational intervention in the form of seminar was carried out and posttest was given. One more test was carried out 1 month after posttest to check retention of knowledge by nurses. Result:In both medical and surgical pretest, most of the questions answered correctly were in below 25% response. While in posttest number of the questions answered correctly was increased and a maximum number of the questions solved correctly were between 50-75% and 75-100%. Individual response in the pretest both medical and surgical nurses showed that a maximum number of nurses have responses between 25-50% and 50-75% while response rate has increased in posttest where maximum number of responses were between 75% and 100%. Conclusion:Our study suggests that educational intervention has positive impact on the knowledge of nurses. There is a need to carry out such educational interventions periodically which will be helpful for better retention of knowledge by nurses.
Objective: The study was carried out to find the knowledge and awareness of medical and surgical section nurses about the use of antiseptic and disinfectants and the immediate and late impact of an educational intervention like seminar and workshop in the knowledge of nurses.Method: This is a questionnaire-based pre-and post-test cross-sectional study. 200 nurses (100 working in medical wards and 100 working in surgical wards and operation theater) were selected using random number sampling method. First, a pretest was given. Then, an educational intervention in the form of seminar was carried out and posttest was given. One more test was carried out 1 month after posttest to check retention of knowledge by nurses. Result:In both medical and surgical pretest, most of the questions answered correctly were in below 25% response. While in posttest number of the questions answered correctly was increased and a maximum number of the questions solved correctly were between 50-75% and 75-100%. Individual response in the pretest both medical and surgical nurses showed that a maximum number of nurses have responses between 25-50% and 50-75% while response rate has increased in posttest where maximum number of responses were between 75% and 100%. Conclusion:Our study suggests that educational intervention has positive impact on the knowledge of nurses. There is a need to carry out such educational interventions periodically which will be helpful for better retention of knowledge by nurses.
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