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ABSTRACT
Early mobilization/ ambulation is the most significant general nursing measure to prevent postoperative complications, the first member of the medical staff to start mobilizing the patient is a nurse. The degree to which nurses ambulate hospitalized patients depends on their knowledge, which also affects when, how, and how much they ambulate. The aim of the study is to assess and improve nurse knowledge, attitude and practice towards early mobilization of post-operative patients in surgical unit, University of Benin Teaching hospital. The study adopted a quantitative cross-sectional survey design. A non-probability sampling of 150 surgical nurses served as study respondents. Data collection was obtained by the use of self-structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done in SPSS using descriptive statistics and presented in frequency table, percentages, mean and standard deviations. A null hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between the level of nurse’s knowledge and practice of early mobilization amongst postoperative nurses in surgical unit, which was tested using chi-square of statistical method at 1.787 level of significance which revealed a calculated value of 0.181 greater than critical value of 0.05 showing that There is a significant relationship between the level of nurse’s knowledge and practice of early mobilization amongst postoperative nurses in the surgical units. The study also revealed that majority, 86.0% of the respondents had good knowledge on early mobilization of post-operative patient, 92.0% of the respondents had positive attitude towards early mobilization of post-operative patient, 82.0% of the respondents had goodpractice on early mobilization of post-operative patient while 14.0% respondents had poor practice. This study concludes that respondents have good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice on early mobilization. Therefore, the researcher recommends that motivation of nurses is very important in improving care planning systems that would further promote consistency in the practice and attitude.
