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ABSTRACT
This study assessed knowledge and attitude of nurses towards emergency management of asthma. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The target population was eight hundred and fifteen (815) nurses in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, from which a sample of 268 was selected using Taro Yamme formula for sample size determination. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Analysis of the data collected was carried out using mean, standard deviation, Chi-Square statistics and ANOVA. A reliability coefficient of 0.79 was obtained for the instrument using Cronbach Alpha statistics. Hypotheses were tested at p<0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that respondents had average knowledge (11.54 out of 17) and positive attitude was indicated (mean value 3.73 on a scale of 4). In addition, the study revealed that there exist a significant relationship between educational qualification and knowledge (p=0.14). Also, it was indicated that years of experience had significant relationship with attitude (p=.00). The study therefore concluded that nurses exhibited average knowledge towards emergency management of asthma, however attitude was positive. The study recommended that nursing administrators’ endevour that symposia and workshops regularly organized to constantly update nurses’ knowledge and policy-makers in the healthcare sector should consider the use of modern audit methods to monitor and appraise nurses’ attitude in order to sustain the positive attitude reported in this study.
