Knowledge Levels of Nurses About Oxygen Therapy in Turkey

Abstract

Oxygen therapy, when duly performed, is very useful. On the other hand, when performed inappropriately, it has significant adverse effects in addition to its therapeutic characteristics. Therefore, nurses have to have enough knowledge of oxygen therapy. This descriptive study aims to determine the level of knowledge of nurses regarding oxygen therapy. The research sample consisted of 302 nurses who agreed to participate in the research, working in a state hospital in Ankara/Turkey. The data have been collected by a descriptive characteristic form and a knowledge test of 40 questions regarding oxygen therapy. In the study that the knowledge level score average of the nurses is  =22. 94±4.5 (min=8, max=35). The knowledge levels score averages of the nurses are lower than expected and nurses' knowledge is particularly inadequate in terms of oxygen therapy application methods. In this research, the nurses over the age of 45, working in the same department for more than 14 years and working in the operating room have lower scores (p0.05). In order to enhance the level of knowledge of nurses, it is recommended to provide more comprehensive oxygen therapy education at hospitals and the undergraduate level. It is thought that the results of the study shall contribute to determining the educational needs of nurses for oxygen therapy and be a guide for future researches.

Nurses’ Supplemental Oxygen Therapy Knowledge and Practice in Debre Tabor General Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…In our study the practice of nurses on oxygen therapy had a strong relation with nurses’ knowledge, education level, availability of OT guidelines, and oxygen therapy training. This is in line with research done at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 Turkey, 20 and Nepal. 21 The major challenges of oxygen administration in the hospital identified by the nurses were: inadequate knowledge of healthcare professionals regarding oxygen therapy, lack of training of nurses related to oxygen therapy, inadequate supply of equipment and oxygen, and unavailability of a standardized protocol for oxygen therapy.…”

Nursing awareness of oxygen therapy among nurses at selected district hospital in Nepal

“…The current study shows that age, education and experience have significant association with education status. The study findings which are significant with age is similar with the study conducted by the Demirel H. in Turkey [16]. Education level is significant in our study which is similar to study conducted by V. Uwineza Didi in hospital of Rwanda [17].…”

“…Education level is significant in our study which is similar to study conducted by V. Uwineza Didi in hospital of Rwanda [17]. Likewise, another significant in our study experience is similar to the study conducted by Demirel H. in hospital of Turkey [16].…”

“…The study findings are also similar with the study done by Addis which revealed that nurses in hospital of Ethiopia do not have sufficient of knowledge about oxygen therapy [15]. The study findings are also in line with another study done in Turkey which revealed that the majority of respondents in this study have inadequate knowledge on oxygen therapy [16].…”

“…The current study shows no association between levels of knowledge with working unit, training. In contrary study conducted by Demirel H. [16] showed there were significant associations between the level of knowledge on oxygen therapy and working unit (P=0.000). The similar study done by Ghebremichael F.G. also showed there were no significant association between level of knowledge on oxygen therapy and training (P=0.157) [14].…”