Knowledge regarding COVID 19 among Registered Nurses of Pokhara, Nepal

  • Akriti Kafle Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokahara, Nepal
  • Sirjana Pandit Pahari Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokahara, Nepa
  • Sudip Khanal 2Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kushalata Baral Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kabita Pathak 3Department of Humanities, Pashupati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suraj baral Consultant Physician, Galaxy Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal
  • Anil Kafle 5Resident Doctor, Department of Pathology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Magnish Dahal Department of Public Health Asian College for Advance Studies , Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal
Keywords: Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, knowledge, nurses, nepal, pokhara

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease is an emerging pandemic disease.
The whole world is suffering from this disease these days. It is an acute
respiratory disease in which transmission occurs essentially through
respiratory droplets and this virus said to have 2-14 days of incubation.
Objective: To assess their knowledge regarding COVID19 among
registered nurses of Pokhara valley.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed with the help
of the pretested and self-administered questionnaires to 750 registered
nurses of Pokhara valley. Thus collected data was entered into SPSS version
20 and then further analyzed using R software. Frequency, percentages,
the mean and standard deviation were calculated for the analysis. p-value
was calculated where ever applicable to find the significance of data.
Results: The study disclosed that mass of the respondents had moderate
proportion (44.8%) concerning understanding, followed by the
respondents had a low level of knowledge (29.2%) and the rest of them
(26.0%) had good knowledge about COVID 19.
Conclusion: Overall knowledge among nurses was found to be satisfactory
as the disease is entirely new. Further research and updates on the diseases
will help to profound knowledge among nurses

Published
2020-12-29
How to Cite
Kafle, A., Pandit Pahari, S., Khanal, S., Baral, K., Pathak, K., baral, S., Kafle, A., & Dahal, M. (2020). Knowledge regarding COVID 19 among Registered Nurses of Pokhara, Nepal. Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(2). Retrieved from http://nepmed.nhrc.gov.np/index.php/EJMS/article/view/861
Issue
Vol 2 No 2 (2020): COVID-19 Special Issue
Section
Original Articles

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