Knowledge and Practice Gaps among Pediatric Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi Pakistan

Table 3

Total reponses = 449.

Major gaps	No. of Reponses	Subcategory %	Overall category %
(I) Medications	153		153/449 = 34%
(i) Dosage calculation		50/153 (32.68%)
(ii) Drug dilutions		40/153 (26%)
(iii) Pharmacology		40/153 (26%)
(iv) Compatibility of drugs		23/153 (15%)
(II) Skills	127		127/449 = 28.3%
(i) Pediatrics-specific skills, for example, cannulation, catheterization, nasogastric/oral tube insertion, and suctioning		58/127 (45.67%)
(ii) Unaware about different sizes according to age of children		42/127 (33.07%)
(iii) Feeling incompetent and not confident to perform pediatric skills		27/127 (21.26%)
(III) Knowledge	60		60/449 = 13.36%
(i) Health assessment		09/60 (15%)
(ii) Disease process/diagnosis		19/60 (31.67%)
(iii) Management of pediatric patient		25/600 (41.67%)
(iv) Interpretation of lab/diagnostic test results		07/60 (11.67%)
(IV) Code blue handling or intubation	57		57/449 = 12.6%
(i) Inadequacy in knowledge and practice in handling pediatric intubation		24/57 (42.11%)
(ii) Inadequacy in knowledge and practice in handling pediatric cardiac/respiratory emergencies		33/57 (57.89%)
(V) Operating medical devices/equipments	52		11.58%
(i) Knowledge and practice related to complex medical equipments/devices, for example, syringe pumps, IVACs, cardiac monitor, and dynamap		52/52 (100%)
Total	449