Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Nurses Towards Implementation of Nursing Process: China- Uganda Friendship Hospital, Naguru- Kampala, Uganda

The study entitled Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Nurses towards Implementation of Nursing Process was conducted in China-Uganda Friendship Hospital, Naguru- Kampala, in December, 2021. Globally, use of nursing process is considered integral part of nursing education, dynamic client care and critical thinking to address client needs. Inadequate nursing clinical knowledge, staffing, work overload, and management’s inability to provide needed materials were implicated as factors that hindered its use in the hospital, therefore this study intended to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses towards implementation of nursing process. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional study design using quantitative data methods with 97 nurses, data was collected using a structured questionnaire including Likert scale for knowledge, attitude and practices, it was entered using Excel version.16 and analyzed using Stata version.16. The data was presented in form of tables, graph and pie charts. More than half of the nurses (51.55%) were knowledgeable on nursing process compared to 47(48.45%) who were not knowledgeable, 92% of the nurses had good attitude about nursing process while only 8% of the nurses had negative attitude, about 76(78.35%) had good practice, while only 21(21.65%) with bad practice, toward implementation of nursing processes. Nurses with knowledge about implementation of the nursing process were more than those without adequate knowledge a strong cognitive tool in provision of a standard nursing process. Majority of nurses agreed having continuous medical education to improve their understanding nursing process. Majority nurses had positive attitude towards implementation of nursing process, most thought nursing process was for ill patients therefore time wasting. Policy makers should develop policies on routine use of nursing process and mechanism of supervision and follow- up in providing patient care. Administration should provide way of improving capacity building for nurses and midwives.