Investigation on nutritional knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) of clinical nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2009.05.006
- VernacularTitle:临床护士营养知识、态度、行为的调查研究
- Author:
Yun-Hua JIA
1
;
Jian-Ping XU
;
Ya-Fang WU
Author Information
1. 山西医科大学
- Keywords:
Nutrition knowledgel;
Atitude;
Practice;
Clinical nurses;
Investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2009;15(5):417-419
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To collect the information about nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of clinical nurses, which lays a foundation for further perfection of continous eduction contents. Methods A questionnaire survey about nutritional KAP was taken among the clinical nurses in one general grade Ⅲ level A hospital in Taiyuan. Results There existed obviously positive correlations between knowledge (K), attitude (A) and pratice (P) of clinical nurses [Coefficient(r)=0. 168 0.231 0. 169, P <0. 01]. The nutritional attitude of clinical nurses was good, but insufficient in nutritional knowledge. And the nurses' nursing behavior shoud be further improved. Conclusions Corrective strategies should be taken to enhance the clinical nurse' s cognition level on nutritional KAP.
