Nurses caring for ENT patients in a district general hospital without a dedicated ENT ward score significantly less in a test of knowledge than nurses caring for ENT patients in a dedicated ENT ward in a comparable district general hospital

Autor:	A. Jardine, D. Black, C.R. Foxton, J. Muhlschlegel
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Nursing staff business.industry education Significant difference Outcome measures Hospital Departments Hospitals District Hospitals General Test (assessment) Nursing care Otolaryngology Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Otorhinolaryngology Nursing Hospital Bed Capacity Family medicine Test score otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine General hospital business
Zdroj:	Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-LaryngologyCervico-Facial Surgery. 39(6)
ISSN:	1749-4486
Popis:	Objectives To assess whether there is a difference in ENT knowledge amongst nurses caring for patients on a dedicated ENT ward and nurses caring for ENT patients in a similar hospital without a dedicated ENT ward. Design A test of theoretical knowledge of ENT nursing care was devised and administered to nurses working on a dedicated ENT ward and then to nurses working on generic non-subspecialist wards regularly caring for ENT patients in a hospital without a dedicated ENT ward. The test scores were then compared. Setting A single specialist ENT/Maxillo-Facial/Opthalmology ward in hospital A and 3 generic surgical wards in hospital B. Both hospitals are comparable district general hospitals in the south west of England. Participants Nursing staff working in hospital A and hospital B on the relevant wards were approached during the working day. 11 nurses on ward 1, 10 nurses on ward 2, 11 nurses on ward 3 and 10 nurses on ward 4 (the dedicated ENT ward). Main outcome measures Each individual test score was used to generate an average score per ward and these scores compared to see if there was a significant difference. Results The average score out of 10 on ward 1 was 6.8 (+/−1.6). The average score on ward two was 4.8 (+/−1.6). The average score on ward three was 5.5 (+/−2.1). The average score on ward 4, which is the dedicated ENT ward, was 9.7 (+/−0.5). The differences in average test score between the dedicated ENT ward and all of the other wards are statistically significant. Conclusion Nurses working on a dedicated ENT ward have an average higher score in a test of knowledge than nurses working on generic surgical wards. This difference is statistically significant and persists despite banding or training.
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