Knowledge of Staff Nurses Regarding Immediate Post-Operative Management of Patients Who Have Undergone Commando Surgery

Abstract

A descriptive survey was conducted on 60 staff nurses working in Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Gwalior to identify their knowledge regarding immediate post-operative management of the patients who have undergone Commando surgery. Majority of staff nurses (about 83% of them BSc Nsg), were in the age group of 21-30 years. Staff nurses had good knowledge regarding immediate post-operative Commando care. Comparison of mean, SD and mean percentage of the knowledge showed the highest mean score was 18.64 ± 4.72 which was 54.82 percent of total score obtained by the staff nurses belonging to 1 to 5 year clinical experience, similar to the mean score 18.64 ± 4.72 obtained by the staff nurses had experience less than one year. Lowest mean score of 39.70 percent (13.5 ± 3.53) was obtained by the staff nurses with over 10 years’ experience; however for 6-10 years clinical experience, the mean score obtained was 24. Hence it can be interpreted that the staff nurses having less experience have more knowledge. It may be due to gap of education or lack of in-service education programme. No significant association was found between knowledge score and age, sex, education qualification, total clinical experience, oncological ward experience, CNE attended (p>0.05).