Kamran Munawar, Mansoor Ghani.
Knowledge of Nurses on the Management of Dengue Fever In Tertiary care Hospitals of Lahore and Rawalpindi.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;13(4):316-9.

Objective: Assess the knowledge among nurses regarding the management of dengue fever working in tertiary care hospitals of Lahore and Rawalpindi. Study Duration: The study was completed in 2015 from March to Oct. Methodology: The proposed study design for this study is cross sectional descriptive study design. A sample of 280 staff nurses working in tertiary care hospitals were selected from Lahore and Rawalpindi hospitals by using method of non-probability convenient sampling. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaire. The data was analysed by SPSS version 20 and Microsoft Excel. Data was represented in the form of figures, tables, graphs, statistical association was found by using ChiSquare test among level of knowledge and demographic variables. Results: The results indicate that a major proportion of staff nurses 227 (76%) were having poor level of knowledge as they scored less than 50% of scores on knowledge based questions and only 4% were found with excellent knowledge according to arbitrary scale. Conclusion: The findings of study suggest that there is an inadequate knowledge of diploma nurses working in great strength in tertiary care hospitals of Lahore and Rawalpindi and there is a need to build a proper educational training programme for diploma nurses.

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