Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:9.05em"/><col style="width:5.49em"/><col style="width:6.85em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Knowledge level </td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percentage (%)  <br/><i>N = 115</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Good knowledge</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">5.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Average knowledge</td><td class="align_center">28</td><td class="align_center">24.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Poor knowledge</td><td class="align_center">81</td><td class="align_center">70.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Knowledge of participants on application of the GCS in clinical scenarios.</div>

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Table 5: Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana 