Professional nurses’ knowledge and practice for patients at risk of peripheral arterial occlusive disease
Keywords:
peripheral arterial disease (paod), nurses’ knowledge of PAOD, nursing care, patients at risk of PAODAbstract
This descriptive study was conducted to assess professional nurses’ knowledge and practice for patients at risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAOD). The nursing agency concept of Orem’s theory was used as the research framework. 136 registered nurses who provided care for patients with PAOD at a tertiary care hospital and a university affiliated hospital in Bangkok were purposively selected as the participants of this study. The following instruments were used to collect the data: the demographic data assessment form, the knowledge of nursing care for patients with PAOD, and the nursing care for patients with PAOD. Data were analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics, Spearman’s Rang correlation and Chi-square.
The findings showed that professional nurses’ knowledge of PAOD was at a low level. They had a good level of knowledge of causes and risk factors of PAOD but a poor level of knowledge of its diagnosis, treatments, and signs and symptoms. As regards nurses’ practice to prevent PAOD, it was found that they self-assessed that they had a moderate level of practice. When considering each aspect, 60% of them perceived that they did the screening, but 50% of them disseminated knowledge or offered advice on self-care. Furthermore, the basic conditioning factors of age, educational background, experience with care of PAOD, duration of work, and additional training were not associated with nurses’ practice, but knowledge of PAOD and the wards where the nurses were working were related to their practice with statistical significance.
Based on the finding that nurses had a low level of knowledge of PAOD, their knowledge should be promoted and their skills should be developed so as to enable them to more effectively do the screening, disseminate knowledge, and offer advice on self-care to patients with PAOD.
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