Pamphlet as a Teaching Tool for Improving Nurse’s Knowledge Regarding Nasogastric Tube Feeding

Authors

  • Aurang Zeb Rehman College of Nursing
  • Hassan Karim Rehman College of Nursing
  • Muhammad Idrees Rehman College of Nursing
  • Sabira Bibi Rehman College of Nursing
  • Sunbal Rehman Rehman College of Nursing
  • Shahid Ali Rehman College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37762/jfinph.30

Keywords:

Pamphlet Teaching, Nasogastric Tube, Nurses, Knowledge, Feedings

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

This study aimed to access informative pamphlets to improve nurses’ knowledge regarding nasogastric tube feeding.

METHODOLOGY

 A quasi-experimental study was carried out among nurses in private and government tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar, KPK. The critical care unit participants were selected for the study using a convenient sampling technique. The participants were divided into control and experimental group. The experiment group was taught by informative pamphlet while the control was not. The questionnaire was adopted from similar studies, which included 17 questions. Data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 25.

 

RESULTS

 

 The experimental group’s score was higher than the control group. The mean knowledge score of the control group participants was 15.42, whereas the mean score of the intervention group was 17.82. It shows that the intervention group resulted better than the control group.

CONCLUSION

Keeping in view the current study; it may be concluded that using informative pamphlets as a teaching tool significantly improves nurses’ knowledge about nasogastric tube feeding.

Author Biographies

Aurang Zeb, Rehman College of Nursing

Associate Professor,
Rehman College of Nursing

Hassan Karim, Rehman College of Nursing

Final Year BSN Student, 
Rehman College of Nursing

Muhammad Idrees, Rehman College of Nursing

Final Year BSN Student,
Rehman College of Nursing

Sabira Bibi, Rehman College of Nursing

Final Year BSN Student,
Rehman College of Nursing

Sunbal Rehman, Rehman College of Nursing

Final Year BSN Student,
Rehman College of Nursing

Shahid Ali, Rehman College of Nursing

Final Year BSN Student,
Rehman College of Nursing

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Published

2022-06-28

How to Cite

Zeb, A. ., Hassan Karim, Idrees, M. ., Bibi, S. ., Rehman, S. ., & Ali, S. . (2022). Pamphlet as a Teaching Tool for Improving Nurse’s Knowledge Regarding Nasogastric Tube Feeding. Journal of Gandhara Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, 2(1), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.37762/jfinph.30

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