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KMID : 0892720170210020149
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2017 Volume.21 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.158
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Effect of the Fever Education Program on Pediatric Nurses' Expert Knowledge, Attitudes and Nursing Practice
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Jang Sun-Sook
Cho In-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was performed to develop the Fever Education Program (FEP) and evaluate its effects on the knowledge, attitudes, and nursing practice of pediatric nurses.
Methods: The quasi-experimental research strategy used a pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. Recruited participants were forty-seven nurses at two pediatric hospitals in G city. The research was conducted from September 1 to October 10, 2015. To test the effects of the FEP, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group (n=27) and a control group (n=20). Data were collected prior to and six weeks after the intervention using self-reported questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test, the χ2- test, t?test, Mann-Whitney U test, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with the SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
Results: Following the FEP intervention, no significant differences were found in nursing practice, but significant differences were found in knowledge (t=3.62, p=0.001) and attitudes (t=4.26, p=0.000) between the experimental group and the control group.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the FEP could provide an effective nursing intervention to improve knowledge and attitudes toward fever care in pediatric nurses.
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KEYWORD
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fever, pediatric nurses, knowledge, attitude, nursing practice
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