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- Title
NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION ABOUT NURSING KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATIENT WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
- Authors
da Paixão Oliveira, Débora Moura; Umberto Pereira, Carlos; da Paixão Freitas, Zaira Moura
- Abstract
Objective: to assess the knowledge of nurses in emergency care on the neurological evaluation of the patient with traumatic brain injury. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, with 17 nurses. It asked the nurse to determine which neurological evaluation parameters were considered important and fill out a questionnaire and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), identifying clinical variables and specific categories. We used simple frequencies and relative and Pearson's chi-squared tests and Fisher's exact test by SPSS version 20.0. Results: seventeen nurses took part in the sample formed an average time of three years. The assessment of the level of consciousness was considered the most important parameter. Ten (58.8%) identified clinical variables and specific categories of GCS. Seven (41.2%) were not able to identify the clinical, variables or specific categories. Conclusion: the nurses' knowledge of the neurological evaluation is bad. The team needs to improve neurological examination.
- Subjects
NURSING audit; BRAIN injuries; CHI-squared test; CONSCIOUSNESS; STATISTICAL correlation; FISHER exact test; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; NEUROLOGIC examination; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUANTITATIVE research; DATA analysis software; GLASGOW Coma Scale
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2016, Vol 10, p4249
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.9284-81146-1-SM.1005sup201611