Investigation of health education among operating room nurses
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2011.03.018
- VernacularTitle:手术室护士健康教育现状的调查
- Author:
Yue-Rong LI
1
;
Qin HE
;
Wei-Peng ZHAO
;
Wei PENG
Author Information
1. 400042,重庆医科第一附属医院手术室
- Keywords:
Health education;
Operating room;
Nurse
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2011;17(3):294-295
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the current status of perioperative health education performed by operating room (OR) nurses, identify related problems and provide effective measures. Methods 390 OR nurses from 21 hospitals in Chongqing were randomly chosen and surveyed with self-designed questionnaire.Results The response rate was 85. 64%. Health education rates of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative were 92.82%, 100%, 79.94%, respectively. 84.43% of the nurses surveyed stressed the importance of health education and 67.96% of them had training needs. Human resource shortage, heavy workload and knowledge inadequacy were the primary factors influencing the quality of health education.Conclusions OR nurses in Chongqing have health education consciousness and training needs, and the materials and approaches of the education system need to be improved.
