Profile of Poisoning at a Teaching Hospital in Shillong (Northeast India)

Ropmay, AD; Slong, Daunipaia; Gogoi, Sampreety; Tesia, Sonali Shinde

doi:10.5958/j.0974-1283.14.1.045

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“…this outcome is in agreement with Konkamani, (2017) [11] who conducted study about " Nurses' per perceptions regarding ethico-legal training in Ghana' and reported that less than half of studied nurses had correct answer regarding known any information about ethics and if you are sure that the patient does not know the details of his / her health status. The present study illustrated that near to half of the studied nurses had correct knowledge about consent and autonomy, this result agreement with study by Ropmay, et al, (2021) [16] who conducted study about " Awareness of nursing www.nursingjournal.net students on legal and ethical issues in day-to-day practice at a teaching hospital in Shillong, northeast India" and represented that more than three quarters of the studied nurses had correct knowledge about consent and autonomy. The present study illustrated that more than half of the studied nurses had average level regarding their knowledge about ethical issues in critical care units.…”

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Nurses' awareness regarding ethical and legal issues in critical care units

Ahmed¹,

Shakweer²,

Mahmoud³

2022

Int. J. Adv. Res. Nurs.

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Background: Ethical and professional values are universal rules of conduct that provide a practical basis for identifying what kinds of actions, intentions, and motives are valued. It is demonstrated in ethical codes and clarify nursing profession practices, such as the quality of professional care. Aim: of this study assess the nurses' awareness regarding ethical and legal issues in critical care units. Design: A descriptive exploratory research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: Emergency Hospital at critical care units, Mansoura University, Egypt. Subjects: A convenient sample of all available nurses (50) from both sex working in Critical Care Units, who provide direct patient care. Tools: Data were collected through using two tools; Tool (I) Self-Administrated interview Questionnaire, that include two parts; part I included demographic characteristics of nurses and part II included Self-Administered knowledge questionnaire. Tool (II) observational checklist to assess the level of nurses' practice. Results: More than half of the studied nurses had average level regarding their knowledge about ethical issues in critical care units. While the same percentage were incompetent related to their practice level about the professional nursing ethics. Conclusion: There were a highly significant positive correlation between total knowledge and practice of the studied nurses regarding ethical issues in Critical Care Units. Also, more than half of studied nurses were incompetent related to their total practice level about the professional nursing ethics. Recommendation: The necessity of providing critical care nurses with specialized training in ethical and legal problems. The study should be replicated on large sample and in different hospitals setting to generalize the results.

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confidence: 94%