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zoonotic swine flu in humans are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort.
Objectives:
To assess the knowledge about the H1Ni fever among staff nurses. To assess the association between knowledge about swine flu and selected demographic variables. To evaluate efficiency of care in hospital practice.
Summary:
Swine flu is spreading thick and fast throughout the world. As a care giver staff nurses can play a major role in its prevention. The study reveals assessment of knowledge level in staff nurses about H1N1 fever in specified areas of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar. Research approach selected for the study was descriptive method. The tool for the study was a structured questionnaire. The study was conducted in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar. It was conducted on 60 samples by random selection.
Findings: From the findings of the study it can be concluded that among
60 Samples 10% have excellent knowledge, 37.5% have good knowledge, 77.5% have average knowledge and 25% have poor knowledge. That is majority of staff nurses have only moderate relationship between knowledge and 3 of the selected variables namely, Religion and occupation