Nurses' knowledge of prevention and management of constipation.

Constipation is often a preventable problem in health care; therefore health professionals must have the appropriate knowledge to help patients prevent this common complaint occurring. The purpose of this study was to assess nurses' knowledge of constipation in a teaching hospital in Northern Irelan...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 600 - 611
Autores principales: Richmond JP, Devlin R
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 5/22/2003
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        affil: Practice Development Nurse, Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital Trust, Northern Ireland
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          Constipation Nursing
          Constipation Prevention and Control
          Nursing Knowledge
          Career Mobility
          Clinical Competence
          Clinical Research Methods
          Construct Validity
          Convenience Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Face Validity
          Nursing Practice
          Questionnaires
          Scales
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      ab: Constipation is often a preventable problem in health care; therefore health professionals must have the appropriate knowledge to help patients prevent this common complaint occurring. The purpose of this study was to assess nurses' knowledge of constipation in a teaching hospital in Northern Ireland. A knowledge questionnaire on constipation was obtained and adapted for use in this study using a non-experimental survey design to assess a convenience sample of nurses (n = 131) within various hospital specialities. The results demonstrated gaps in nurses' knowledge of constipation and also indicated that knowledge varied between specialties and between nursing grades. Educational initiatives must not allow bowel care, often labelled 'basic nursing care', to be neglected in postregistration education and training.
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