Effects of educative supportive nursing on caregiver’s knowledge and ability in caring children with fever
Keywords:
the educative supportive nursing, caregiver, children with feverAbstract
This study used a one-group, pre-posttest design and was quasi-experimental on caregivers’ knowledge and care practices for children with fever. The objective was to examine the effectiveness of the educative-supportive nursing system and video media on knowledge and caregivers’ care behaviors for children with fever. The samples were 48 caregivers who cared the children aged newborn to 5 years with fever and body temperature higher than 37.5 degrees celsius who received services at the Pediatric Outpatient Department, Bamrasnaradura Institute, Nonthaburi Province. The research instruments consisted of children’s data, caregivers’ data, caregivers’ knowledge of children with fever questionnaire and caregivers’ ability score in caring children with fever. The experimental instruments included the educative supportive nursing system and video media on reducing children’s fever. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t-tests.
The results showed that, post mean score of knowledge was significantly higher than the mean score before the educative supportive nursing and video media (t=-12.692, p<.05) The mean score of ability in caring children with fever was higher than the standard criteria. Indicating that an educative supportive nursing supports caregivers to have correct behaviors in caring for children with fevers.
This study suggests that video media on reducing fever in children should be applied for caregivers to improve knowledge and ability in caring for children correctly and effectively.
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