Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 299-304
Effectiveness of In- Service Training Programme on Level of Knowledge and Practice in Assessing the Critical Ill Patient by Using Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score (SOFA) Among Staff Nurses
Vijayanandh. M1, Narmadha. S2
1PG student, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry.
2HOD Medical Surgical Nursing, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry.
Corresponding Author: Vijayanandh. M
ABSTRACT
Background: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) is most important complication in Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICUs). Mortality rates for surgical and medical ICU patients with MODS range from 44 to 76%. Sepsis is more common in CCU’s which leads to MODS. Hence, these are the place where we need to concentrate. If we take prior action we can save the patient early from occurring MODS. Sofa score is the effective tool to identify the patient from MODS and start the earlier management. The staff nurses are the people who are with the patient for 24 hours. The present study was aimed to determine the Effectiveness of in- service training programme on level of knowledge and practice in assessing the critical ill patient by using sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA) among staff nurses.
Materials and Method: Pre-experimental research design was adopted. 60 samples were assigned using purposive sampling technique. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result: The study findings reveled that In-service training programme was effective in improving knowledge and skill in assessing the critical ill patient by using SOFA score among Staff Nurse.
Conclusion: Staff Nurses working in CCU has inadequate knowledge and practice on SOFA score for assessing the critically ill patient, after the in-service training programme the knowledge and practice on assessing the critically ill patient by using SOFA score was increased in knowledge and practice
Key words: In-Service training programme, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score, Critically ill patient.