Knowledge and Attitude of Critical Care Nurses on Supplemental Vital Signs: Level of Consciousness, Pain, and Urine Output in a Tertiary Hospital, Bahrain
| Author | Albadawi, Hesham Mohamed | |
|---|---|---|
| metadata.dc.contributor.department | "University of Bahrain | |
| metadata.dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-20T15:47:54Z | |
| Publication date | 2023 | |
| Degree level | Master | |
| Abstract | Abstract : Background: Nurses have traditionally relied on five vital signs to assess their patients: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation. These vital signs may not be sufficient to detect patient deterioration and assess the general status. Thus, other vital signs such as level of consciousness, pain, and urine output are frequently evaluated together with the classic symptoms in the critical care areas which could contribute in ensuring patient safety through awareness of changes in critical care patients' health status, and it provide immediate timely therapeutic interventions. Aim: to assess critical care nurses' knowledge and attitude on supplemental vital signs, urine output, level of consciousness, and pain and detect the early patient's condition deterioration in critical care areas. Research Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study design. Setting: The study was conducted in adult critical care areas in a tertiary hospital in Kingdom of Bahrain. Sample: convenient sample of 123 nurses working in the critical care area was recruited for the study. Tools: Nurses' knowledge (16 items) and attitude (6 items) scale towards utilization of new supplemental vital signs chart in ICU was used by using an electronic survey link among critical care nurses via e-mail. Results: data showed that the overall mean knowledge of the participants was lower than their attitudes (73.8 % and 98.0 %, respectively). Of all the three examined supplemental vital signs, the level of the attitude toward pain management was lower compared to attitudes toward urine output and level of consciousness. Nurses' knowledge of utilization of the urine output in assessing the patient's conditions was lower than the level of consciousness and pain severity. Furthermore, the association between participants' attitudes and knowledge towards utilization of the supplemental vital signs and their sociodemographic characteristics showed no differences except in the knowledge level among males and females. Specifically, female nurses had significantly higher knowledge of the additional vital signs compared to male nurses. Conclusion: The critical care nurses' knowledge of supplemental vital signs varies, and the majority almost many of them have a positive attitude. Additionally, the sociodemographic factors had no significant impact on the knowledge and attitude of critical-care nurses. Keywords: Critical Care, Vital Signs, Evidence-Based Nursing, Nursing Practice | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.other | Drupal node 3469 | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.other | https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/en/dar/knowledge-and-attitude-critical-care-nurses-supplemental-vital-signs-level-consciousness-pain | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.uri | http://165.227.56.122/handle/123456789/6668 | |
| Language | en | |
| Link | https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/en/_flysystem/fedora/2025-05/00564.pdf | |
| Title | Knowledge and Attitude of Critical Care Nurses on Supplemental Vital Signs: Level of Consciousness, Pain, and Urine Output in a Tertiary Hospital, Bahrain | |
| Type | Master's Thesis |
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