NURSING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE REGARDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STROKE AT AL-BAYAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study aims to assess the nursing students' knowledge regarding emergency management of patientswith stroke and to find out the relationship between nursing students' knowledge and their sociodemographic characteristics.A cross-sectionaldesign studywas carried out through the application of an online questionnaire. Thestudy started on13rdJanuary 2021to 8thAugust 2021. The present study was carried out in Al-Bayan university / College of nursing / third and fourth stages.The sample was (183) participants who were randomly selected. The level of knowledge was measured according to the degree of student answer(less than 50 degree= low, 50-59 = accepted,60-69= moderate,70-79= good, 80-89 =very good, thereis no answer more than 89 degree).All the Items of the two domains were rated and scored as {correct, incorrect} (1, 2) respectively.The study demonstrates that the majority (62%) of the subject was males and (38%) was females.The fourthstage records the highest percentage in the college stages of the study subject, Distribution of the subject by their marital status demonstrates that single and married takes the highest percentage (75.4% and 19.7 %) respectively, The majority (63.9%) of the study sample record low level of knowledge toward emergency management of stroke. From the present study findings, the researchers havethe following conclusions: Most students have a low score of knowledge about emergency management of stroke, so more emphasisis needed on the importance of emergencymanagement of stroke. There is no relationship between students' knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics.