Knowledge and Practice Gaps among Pediatric Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi Pakistan
Table 4
Effects on quality care/personal feelings of participants due to these gaps*.
Feelings identified by the participants
Responses
(1)
We feel embarrassed when we do not know how to handle the pediatric population in front of parents.
15
(2)
The parents, during hospitalization, expect too much from us, which makes us feel incompetent in front of them, and if we fail to answer or satisfy them, they complain.
19
(3)
Child and parents both are anxious because of a new nurse assigned to them, because we lack confidence.
12
(4)
We feel incompetent to teach to the parents because of these gaps, and, thus, quality care is compromised.
20
(5)
When we don’t know any skills or when we lack knowledge on rounds, our image becomes low and thus the doctors also complain for it.
