An exploratory study to assess the knowledge related to oxygen therapy among the staff nurses in a selected Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab

Oxygen is used as a medical treatment in both chronic and acute cases, and can be used in hospital, pre-hospital or entirely out of hospital, depend on the needs of the patient and the views of the medical professional advising. Ensuring that oxygen is administered in a timely and appropriate way using the right device is an important aspect of patient care. Selecting the right device can be difficult as there are a variety to choose from and a lack of practical information on selection. Therefore an exploratory study to assess Knowledge related to oxygen therapy among the staff nurses in selected hospital of Ludhiana was undertaken with the objectives: to assess the knowledge related to oxygen therapy among staff nurses, to analyze knowledge with selected variables, to find out the deficit areas of knowledge. A non-experimental, exploratory study was conducted on staff nurse of CMC hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. The study sample consisted of 60 staff nurses. Data was analyzed by inferential statistics and presented through tables and figures.