Research on the pediatric nurses' knowledge, belief and practice toward medical adhesive related skin injury

ObjectiveTo investigate the status of knowledge, belief and practice of pediatric nurses on medical adhesive related skin injury(MARSI), and analyze the influencing factors.

MethodsA total of 352 pediatrics nursing staff from 11 grade A comprehensive hospitals and 94 nursing staff from 2 grade A children specialized hospitals were selected as the research objects.The self-designed "questionnaire on knowledge, belief and practice of pediatric nurses on MARSI" was used to conduct an online questionnaire survey from September 1 to 8, 2018 to understand the knowledge, belief and practice of pediatric nurses on MARSI.The descriptive analysis, LSD test and rank sum test were used for statistical analysis.

ResultsThe overall score of MARSI in paediatric nurses was moderate.The score of MARSI knowledge dimension was(23.17±5.82) points, and which was equivalent to 64 points in percentage system.The score of attitude dimension was(43.36±8.26) points, which was equivalent to 87 points in percentage system.The score of behavior dimension was(48.14±10.76) points, which was equivalent to 74 points in percentage system.The MARSI score and three dimensions scores of nurses in training group were higher than those in non-training group(P < 0.01).

ConclusionsThe knowledge level and behavior level of pediatric nurses on MARSI should be improved urgently, and the training of pediatric nurse on MARSI should be further improved.