An Exploratory Study to Assess the Knowledge of Staff Nurses Regarding Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Care Areas of Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. (2020)

Mechanical Ventilation is commonly used in the patients admitted in Critical Care Areas and it is the need of an hour that, nurses should be knowledgeable and skillful with Mechanical Ventilation. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge of staff nurses regarding Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Care Areas of Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana Punjab. To ascertain relationship between the knowledge of staff nurses regarding Mechanical Ventilation with selected variables like age, gender, professional qualification , training institute, professional experience, area of work and source of information. To identify the deficit areas of knowledge of staff nurses regarding Mechanical Ventilation and prepare and provide guidelines to the staff nurses on Mechanical Ventilation. A knowledge Questionnaire on Mechanical Ventilation (KQMV) were developed and used. By using non-probability purposive sampling technique, data was collected from 110 staff nurses who worked in CCA of Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results showed that Maximum number i.e, 52 (47.3%) of staff nurses had average level of knowledge regarding Mechanical Ventilation in critical care areas. The staff nurses had highest mean knowledge percentage in the area of Conceptualization (Rank I) and the lowest in the area of Nurses Responsibility r/t M.V (Rank 9). Age, Professional Experience, Training Institute and Area of work had significant impact on knowledge of staff nurses regarding Mechanical Ventilation. The investigator provided “Guidelines regarding Mechanical Ventilation” to improve the knowledge of staff nurses regarding Mechanical Ventilation.