Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Nurses on Vital Signs Monitoring During Covid-19 in North West Nigeria

Abstract

The study focuses on vital signs monitoring during COVID-19 Pandemic in Kano and Kaduna Nigeria. To guide the study, two research purposes later converted to hypothesis were utilized in the study. A cross sectional descriptive survey research design was used. The sample size for the study was 619 nurses, midwives and post basic nurses working in secondary health facilities determined using Krejice and Morgan. This research adopted a multistage sampling approach. A pilot tested structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument is made-up of five sections. All the statements or questionnaire items of this scale are structured based on four (4) point Likert rating scale. The categorical data were analyses using simple descriptive statistic of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation while the null hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics tests that includes Pearson product correlation, t-tests (one-sample and independent t-tests) as well as linear and multiple regression analyses. The finding of the study reveals that all the hypotheses were statistically significant.The finding further reveals that there are differences between the nurse’s knowledge, attitude, practice and vital signs monitoring during COVID-19 in Kano and Kaduna States. Kaduna nurses have higher knowledge then Kano, but in terms of attitude and practice, Kano has more positive attitude and practice. Also, the older the nurse, the higher is their knowledge of vital sign monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic and the older is the nurse, the higher or greater is the utilization of vital signs monitoring and the younger is the nurse, the higher or more positive is their attitude towards vital signs monitoring. Appropriate recommendations were made based on these findings.