Nurses’ Knowledge Towards Management of Asthmatic Patients at Alshaab Teaching Hospital- Khartoum State 2023

Background: Asthma is an episodic syndrome characterized by attacks of dyspnea, wheezing, and coughing.Nurses have an important role in care of asthmatic patients' so a proper knowledge about the disease is essential.Objective: To assess nurses' knowledge regarding the care of asthmatic patients Methods: Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital.The sample size was 29 nurses , All nurses , fulfilling the inclusion criteria were interviewed.The data were collected using a standardized administered questionnaire and analyzed using the Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 and were presented in the form of tables and figures. Results:The majority of the nurses aged between 20-30 years and about 75% of them were Bachelor holders as a basic qualification.Near half had less than two years' Napata Scientific Journal Vol. 3 (2).PP 118-128 2 experience.82.8% had never attended any training course.69% of nurses had good knowledge about asthma definition, while 72.4% of nurses had poor knowledge about asthma triggers.65.6% of nurses had poor knowledge regarding the nursing management of asthma.There was a significant association between the overall knowledge of nurses and attendance of training courses (P value 0.03). Conclusion:The nurses had poor knowledge of asthma management.Although their knowledge seems to be associated with attending in-service training courses.