Triage related Knowledge and Practice among nurses in Ali Fatima Hospital Lahore.
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https://doi.org/10.71395/ijhp.2.1.2025.50-55Abstract
Background and Objectives: Triage is a solution to the issue of overcrowding, and the effectiveness of the judgements made by the triage unit influences how well nurses perform in the long run. Triage can significantly lower the mortality rate. The use of a rapid triage system is necessary to guarantee that patients receive the best care possible in emergency situations. Our study's objective is to evaluate the triage nurses' knowledge and proficiency. METHODOLOGY: A simple descriptive correlational study was conducted at the Ali Fatima Hospital to deter mine nurses’ knowledge and skills regarding triage.
RESULTS: There is no statistically significant relationship between knowledge and skills. Results show the low percentage of knowledge was (53.3%), moderate percentage of knowledge was (12%), high percentage of knowledge was (14.1%) and very high percentage of knowledge was (20.7%). The respondents with less than one year of experience have a high level of knowledge with p-value (0.004). The participants with bachelor’s degree found out to have poor knowledge with p-value (0.000). Therefore, Experience and education have association with knowledge. Conversely, the results indicate that the low level of competence was (<60%) where the mean score was 2.77 (SD=0.799), the intermediate level of skill was (60-80%) where the mean score was 0.130 (SD=0.49), and the high level of ability was (80%) where the mean score was 0.0109 (SD=0.104).
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that Ali Fatima Hospital's triage nurses lack sufficient knowledge. It was discovered that both the triage knowledge and the triage skill were at low levels. The majority of our study's findings were negative. The semiprivate hospital provided the data. It is recommended that nursing personnel receive training that includes information on how to grasp triage in their departments.
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