A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of Nursing Students on National Early Warning Score (NEWS) System in Recognizing the Criticality of the Patients at Selected Colleges at Hunsuru

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are the structure where they receive different types of cases every time and most of the cases are challenging either to diagnose or to find the exact cause. The detection of the cause along with the relative signs and symptoms are the most important part in the treatment of the patients. Various measures are used to find the treatment. Where in emergency the staffs used few scoring systems like Glasgow coma scale, Visual analogue scale and many other like such NEWS national Early warning Score system also one that every staff must aware to apply for the better identifying and care of the emergency patients. Need for the Study: Today in the emergency department various cases with unknown Etiology and improper history visits for seeking care. The new scoring system of NEWS means national early warning score will certainly help the health care workers specially at the emergency department to understand the case more easily and effectively hence the appropriate treatment can be delivered in right time. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted by using non experimental descriptive study and total number of 52 participants were selected by using non probability purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by the samples by using self-administered MCQ’s which consisted of 25 questions involving the contents related to components of NEWS.  Results: The result of the study illustrated that the data collected from the 52 samples were tabulated and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results were explained under different headings, which includes distribution of sample characteristics, Distribution of samples based on the responses given by them with MCQ’S and the association of the statements (Knowledge of NEWS score) with the selected demographic variables. The chi square test was used to assess the association of samples responses with the selected demographic variables. The result by the analysis of chi square test was found that there were some factors are statistically significant with the selected socio demographic variables. The result of the study provides favourable evidences to accept the stated hypothesis of the study. Conclusion: The present study aimed at understanding the student’s level of knowledge regarding the national early warning score system and its significance in the health care facilities. The study focuses on the several factors which influencing and affecting the nursing education. The participants provided valuable responses. The study clearly reveals that the students has very less knowledge regarding the NEWS score system and hence more education is required for the students along with the many other type of researches are yet to be conducted to explore more facts.