| Summary: | 碩士 === 弘光科技大學 === 護理研究所 === 97 === As the lifestyle and eating habits of modern people change, hypertension, diabetes and kidney diseases are becoming more and more prevalent. Of these chronic complications, end-stage renal disease is receiving the most attention; therefore taking care of chronic kidney disease patients is extremely important in clinical settings.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of nursing staffs working in the nephrology wards and hemodialysis rooms on end stage renal disease. A number of aspects were discussed in detail; such as the relation of end stage renal disease knowledge with respect to the characteristics of staff demography; the relationship between nephrology ward nursing staffs and their participations in the in-service education of chronic kidney diseases; and the association between participating in the in-service education of chronic kidney disease and the grasp of knowledge of end stage renal disease.
The cross-sectional study, applying a questionnaire survey method, takes study samples from all nursing staffs working in nephrology wards and hemodialysis centers in a central medical center and four regional teaching hospitals which are randomly chosen in the region of central Taiwan, 214 valid questionnaires copies received.
The results showed that there were distinct differences in the level of knowledge of healthcare workers with respect to their age, education, hospital morphology, licensure, years of experience and working stations. The number of hours spent on in-service education was directly proportional to the understanding of end stage renal diseases; furthermore hospital morphology, licensure and working stations also have dramatic impacts. Nursing staffs who work in hemodialysis rooms had a better level of understanding of end stage renal diseases, and they also participated more in in-service education.
Therefore, in-service education can promote personal expertise of nursing staffs; subsequently the quality of nursing care can be enhanced and misconceptions can be amended.
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