Introduction: Poisoning is a major health problem worldwide, and it causes significant morbidity and mortality. It\nis estimated that 350,000 people died worldwide from unintentional poisoning. The purpose of this study is to\nassess nursesâ?? knowledge and practice on the initial management of acute poisoning among nurses in Dessie\nreferral hospital, Amhara region, Ethiopia.\nMethods: Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted from January 2018 to June 2018. Simple Random\nsampling technique was used to select the samples. Data was collected by using self-administered structured\nquestioners. Data were cleansed, checked for completeness and entered into SPSS version 20 for analyses. Statistical\nmeasures of Central tendency, T-test and ANOVA were used in determining the association between independent\nand dependent variables.\nResults: Based on the given 13 items to assess the general knowledge of nurses on poisoning, the score ranges\nfrom 2 to 9 with the range of 7 with the mean score of 7.48(SD-0. 0.839) for the entire respondents that was 57.5%\nfor the given items that was less than 75% which was unsatisfactory level of knowledge. The mean score of general\nknowledge on poisoning was high among nurses who had training on initial management of poisoning than those\nnurses who had not the training.\nConclusion and recommendation: All Dessie referral nurses that participated in this study had unsatisfactory\ngeneral knowledge on poisoning, knowledge on initial management of acute poisoning and self-reported practice.\nThe major implication of these study findings on the health system is the importance of ensuring support to\nnursesâ?? health care services for early detection and management of poisoning.
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