A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Management of COVID 19 Patients Among Staff Nurses in National Capital Region Institute of Medical Sciences at Nalpur, Meerut

Abstract
A study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding the management of COVID 19 patients among staff nurses in National Capital Region Institute of Medical Sciences at Nalpur, Meerut. Non experimental, descriptive Survey research design was used for this study. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was adopted for this study. The validity and reliability of the tool was established. Closed ended questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result of the study reveals that, majority of nurse belongs to the age group of 20-25 years (80%) and lowest percentage of nurses belongs to the age group of 25-30 years (20%). Most of the nurses were females 19(63%) and remains nurses were males 11(37%). Majority of the nurses have the qualification of GNM 18(60%), other nurses have the qualification of B.sc nursing 9(30%) and ANM 3(10%). Majority of the nurses belongs to the 0-2 year working experience 19(63%) other nurses have in the group of 2-4 year working experience 11(37%). Most of the nurses won’t attended previous COVID19 training program 16(53%) Some nurses were attended COVID 19 training program previously14 (47%). In the source of information, majority of the nurses were got the information from internet 20(66.7%) remains nurses were got the information from newspaper6 (20%) and4 (13.3%) respectively. Knowledge score of the staff nurses was 51.3%. The overall mean and standard deviation of staff nurses regarding the knowledge was 10.3+2.89. There is a significant association between the levels of knowledge with education, previous work experience and sources of information of nurses at p<0.05 level. It concluded that nurses have average knowledge regarding management of COVID19 patients.