Need to Educate Student Nurses for Eye Care: A Descriptive Analysis of Student Nurses’ eye health literacy

Abstract

Background: Eye health is really important for health care professionals. Nursing care needs a lot of seeing, from charts and digital data to patients& faces. Nurses need good vision to provide quality treatment. The nurses’ job should be reviewed and documented appropriately, so eye health is vital. Nurses exposed to more online education during student time risk eye health and work errors.Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with a detailed descriptive cross-sectional research design. A pre-validated self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Using descriptive statistics, student nurses’ demographics, knowledge, and practice scores were described for care of eyes while attending Online classes. The association between demographic variables and student nurse knowledge and practice was studied using a chi-square test and correlation coefficient.Results: The Mean knowledge score of student nurses regarding the prevention of eye problems during online learning was found to be 11.43, SD2.36 and the Mean practice score was 4.42and SD 1.53 a significant positive linear relationship between knowledge and practice relationship was found (r=0.47,p=0.004).Conclusion: There is a gap between the knowledge and practice scores of student nurses for eye health while learning online. Eye health literacy as well as good eye health practices are highly needed among student nurses.