Assessment of Knowledge and Skill of Nursing Staff in Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Nurses are a critical part of the health care system.Adequate knowledge and clinical skills of nursing staff decrease the risk of hospital-acquired infection, post-operative complications, and length of stay in hospitals and finally reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients.To assess the knowledge and skills of nursing staff working in a tertiary care hospital Methods: Nursing staff were interviewed for knowledge and skills from the wards of tertiary care hospital.Results: Knowledge of nurse staff is excellent and good regarding the vitals, routine investigation, universal precaution and needle stick injury, but knowledge of biomedical waste management and intravenous cannulation are poor and average, respectively.In compliance with the practice of these skills, vitals, universal precaution, and intravenous cannulation are excellent and reasonable.Still, needle stick injury prevention practice is average, and biomedical waste management is poor.Conclusion: Orientation programs should be providing regarding biomedical waste management, and prevention of needle stick injury so that satisfactory improvement in the knowledge and practice of clinical skills among nurses is developed.