Title: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of patient teaching among nurses working in University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Biography:

Chukwumee Chinyere Stella is a registered nurse,an entrepreneur, a sustainable development goal advocate with a passion to improve nursing practice world over

Abstract

The increasing incidence and prevalence of diseases has not only prompted but necessitated the need for patient teaching. This work discusses the role of nurses in patient teaching as one of the element in nursing practice, the knowledge, attitude of nurses towards patient teaching and the practice of nurses towards patient teaching, the factors influencing patient teaching. A convenient non probability sampling technique was used. A self - administered questionnaire with open and close ended questions were used to assess knowledge and practice. Results revealed that majority of the respondents 97.0% had knowledge of patient teaching, 82.7% had positive attitude towards patient teaching while 77.4% didn’t allocate special time to patient teaching, hence there was fair practice. In conclusion, the study therefore revealed that  the respondents had good knowledge of patient teaching and positive attitude towards patient teaching.