Educative intervention on burns by physical agents to the nursing personnel from North Moron University Policlinic.
Abstract
A pre-experimental study was carried out in the period between May and June 2010, with the objective to increase the knowledge level of the nursing personnel from North Moron University Policlinic, about burns by physical agents, through an educative intervention program. The universe was constituted by 166 nurses of this center and the sample was 64, that a survey was applied to evaluate the knowledge level. Then it was implemented the educative program that consisted of 6 sections, that it was executed with a frequency of twice a week and at least 3 weeks, allowing fulfill the objectives proposed in the investigation, soon the survey was applied again and the results obtained before and after the educative intervention were verified, the results showed, that the most elevated percent of the sample was nursing professional of which the majority were between 10 and 14 years of work experience and when the intervention was made, the level of nursing personnel knowledge increasedDownloads
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Bárbara Misladys Espinosa Machado
Germán de Jesús Castillo Calderón
Luis Manuel Padrón Cordero
Armando Noa González
Marlene Borroto Guevara
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