Pengetahuan Perawat tentang Early Warning Score dalam Penilaian Dini Kegawatan Pasien Kritis

Abstract

Use of Early Warning Scores are very closely related to the role of nurses in carrying out daily observations of vital signs. Nurses carry out nursing care, as care giver provides services by carrying out daily assessments and monitoring the patient's condition, when there is a deterioration in the situation, the first person to know is a nurse and therefore called the Nursing Early Warning Scores. This research is to find out the description of nurses' knowledge about the early warning score in the early assessment of the emergency of critical patients in RSUD K.R.M.T. Wongsonegoro Semarang. This study uses a descriptive quantitative research design with a survey approach. the population in this study were all nurses who worked in Nakul 2 and 3 rooms as many as 39 nurses in the RSUD K.R.M.T. Wongsonegoro Semarang. Sampling using total sampling technique that is as many as 39 people. Data collection is done using a questionnaire. Data analysis includes univariate analysis by describing the frequency distribution of each variable. The results of this study indicate that respondents according to the level of knowledge as many as 36 (92.3%) respondents with sufficient knowledge. Respondents with less knowledge of 3 (7.7%) respondents. Conclusion: the knowledge level of most nurses towards the early warning score in the early assessment of the emergency of critical patients is categorized sufficient. Recommendation: it is necessary to have an Early Warning Score training in Critical Patient Early Assessment to the room nurse.

Keywords: Knowledge, Early Warning Score, Emergency