ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Impact of an Educational Program on Improving Nurses' Management of Fever: An Experimental Study.
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- Effect of Educational Intervention on Awareness, Attitude, and Practices of Mothers Regarding the Prevention of Rheumatic Fever: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDespite a public information campaign "To Break the Myth of Fever", nurses continued to overtreat fever. This study hypothesized that the campaign lacked the detailed rationale essential to alter nurses' attitudes and behaviors.
aimTo evaluate the effect of the educational program on nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to fever management.
designA randomized experimental design using a time series analysis.
methodsA random sample of 58 medical/surgical nurses was evenly divided into an intervention and a control group. The intervention group received an educational program on fever and fever management. Both groups completed a pretest and four posttests using investigator-developed instruments: a questionnaire on knowledge and attitudes about fever management and a fever treatment checklist to audit charts.
resultsThe intervention group had markedly higher knowledge scores and reduced use of ice pillows at all four posttests, as well as lower use of antipyretics overall, except for the first posttest, despite no sustained change in attitude.
conclusionsAn educational program for fever management can effectively improve clinical nurses' knowledge and attitudes about fever management.
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