The Effect of a Competency Building Program on Knowledge Attitude and Belief of Professional Nurses in Patients care on Volume and Pressure controlled Ventilators At Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital

Authors

  • Sukanya Supit Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
  • Pattaya Kaewsarn Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
  • Boontip Siritarungsri Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Keywords:

Registered Nurse, Nursing, Volume and Pressure-Controlled Ventilator

Abstract

This was a quasi - experimental research (pre-and post-program tests were administered to the same group of samples) with the objective of comparing the pre-and post-program on volume-controlled and pressure-controlled ventilators competency of registered nurses in Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital in the areas of 1) knowledge; 2) skills; and 3) attitude. The sample population, chosen through purposive sampling, consisted of 30 registered nurses with at least one year of work experiences. The research tool was a program to develop competency in caring for patients using ventilators competency for registered nurses. An evaluation form to measure the samples’ self-reported levels of knowledge, skill and attitude about caring for patients on volume and pressure-controlled ventilators before and after the program. The content validity index of the tool was rated at .80 and the reliability was .85 when measured by Kuder-Richardson Formula 20. Personal data of the samples were analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired t-test.
The results showed that after participating in the capacity-building program, the nurses’ mean scores for knowledge, skills were higher than the mean pre-program score before to a statistically significant degree at .05 (p < 0.05) but no difference was detected in attitude scores before and after the program. The research results should be used to develop the competency of professional nurses effectively

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10-04-2024

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Supit S, Kaewsarn P, Siritarungsri B. The Effect of a Competency Building Program on Knowledge Attitude and Belief of Professional Nurses in Patients care on Volume and Pressure controlled Ventilators At Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2024 Apr. 10 [cited 2024 May 2];25(1):366-73. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/267751

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