Abstract

A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and knowledge related to practice regarding FOUR score scale among staff nurses working in ICU at selected hospitals, with a view to prepare planned teaching programme. Methods and Materials: The research approach used was quantitative evaluator approach. The research design selected for the univariant descriptive research design. The setting was ICU at selected hospitals. The sample includes 100 staff nurses working in ICU at selected hospitals; sampling technique was used purposive sampling technique. The structure knowledge questionnaire was used to collect data from samples. The pilot study was conducted with 10 samples. Reliability was established by Guttmann split half method. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: For the assessment purpose the total score 21 of knowledge was divided in to three groups like poor (0-7 score), average (8-14 score) and good (15-21 score). For the assessment purpose the total score 9 of knowledge related to practice regarding FOUR score scale was divided in to three groups like poor (0-3 score), average (4-6 score) and good (7-9 score). For the assessment purpose the otal score 30 of knowledge was divided in to three groups like poor (0-10 score), average (11- 20 score) and good (21-30 score). The average knowledge score regarding FOUR score scale among staff nurses working in ICU at selected hospitals was 6.00 with the standard deviation of 1.49. The mean percentage score was 28.57%. The averag knowledge score related to practice regarding FOUR score scale among staff nurses working in ICU at selected hospitals was 2.89 with the standard deviation of 0.98. The mean percentage score was 32.11%. The average knowledge & knowledge related practice regarding FOUR score scale was 8.89 with the standard deviation of 2.03. The mean percentage score was 29.63%. Interpretation and Conclusion: The data were analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study indicated that staff nurses working in ICU at selected hospitals having poor knowledge regarding FOUR score scale.

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