Knowledge about renal stone among the nurses working in selected General Hospitals in Hai Phong in 2021

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the nurse’s knowledge about renal stone among the nurses working in a selected general hospitals in Hai Phong from June 2020 to April 2021. A total of 122 samples were collected through purposive sampling technique. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted under quantitative approach. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire through face to face interview. A written informed consent was obtained from the hospital authority and nurses. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20. In this study ninety percent of the respondents were female and about 42.6% of the respondents were in the age group 31-35 years. About half of nurses had technical qualification and the majority (48,5%) of the respondents had from 1 to 5 years of service experience. More than nine-tenths (95.8%) of the respondents mentioned that renal stone is one kind of urological disease and 75.5% of the respondents mentioned that calcium oxalate is responsible elements for formation of renal stone. About 63.1% of them mentioned pain or burning during urination as the symptoms of renal stone. 66.7% of the respondents mentioned that a patient with renal stone should be counseled on stone-specific dietary interventions. The findings reveal that most of the study participants had good level of knowledge regarding the renal stone. It was recommended that a special training on renal stone for nurses might be geared up to increase their level of knowledge.