Nivelul de cunoaştere a Scalei de comă Glasgow în rândul asistentelor de la Spitalul General de District: o abordare cantitativă

Abstract

Background. Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is very important in order to measure a patient’s consciousness level. By using GCS, healthcare staff can manage many patients who suffered from traumatic brain injury. Therefore, nurses should have an adequate knowledge in terms of it. Aim. The District General Hospital is the only general hospital in the district that admits traumatic brain injury patients. Therefore, nurses who work at the District General Hospital have to manage a lot of patients to measure the GCS. This research aims to assess the nurses’ knowledge of GCS at the District General Hospital. Methodology. This is a quantitative and nonexperimental descriptive research using 143 nurses, selected by convenience sampling method, who are currently working in medical wards, surgical wards, gynecological words, obstetrics wards, and intensive care unit at the District General Hospital. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and were analyzed using Microsoft Excel. Results. The research indicated that 64% of nurses had satisfactory knowledge, 11% of nurses had good knowledge, and 25% of nurses had poor knowledge regarding GCS. This revealed that nurses did not have a good knowledge of GCS, and there is a relationship between nurses’ knowledge of GCS and socio-demographic data. Researchers suggest that it is required to implement in-service programs or ward rotations for the nurses to improve their knowledge of GCS. Conclusions. To increase nurses’ understanding of the GCS, a more methodical teaching strategy, performed with demonstrations and highly thorough, should be used.