Knowledge and practice toward pediatric oxygen therapy and its associated factors among nurses working in Southeast Oromia Public Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021

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Abstract Introduction: Oxygen therapy is intended to prevent hypoxia and maintain adequate oxygenation of tissues and vital organs. Inappropriate oxygen therapy has a detrimental consequence of health in children. The expected output of oxygen therapy is influenced by nurses’ knowledge and practice. Despite this, little is known about professional competencies to provide oxygen therapy in Ethiopia. Therefore, establishing baseline data is very important. Objective: To assess knowledge and practice toward pediatric oxygen therapy and its associated factors among nurses working in Southeast Oromia Public Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 01-30, 2021 among nurses working in the southeast Oromia public hospitals by using the census sampling technique. A self-administered English version questionnaire was used to assess nurses’ knowledge and an observational checklist to assess the practice of pediatric oxygen therapy. Data were entered to Epi data version 4.6. Bivariable and multivariable statistical analysis were applied by using STATA version 14. Finally, significant factors were identified based on the adjusted odds ratio included in the 95% confidence level at P-value of ? 0.05. Result: Among a total of 271 nurses enrolled in this study, 47.2% of Nurses had good knowledge and 36.2% had good practice. Significant factors affecting nurses’ knowledge were; training [AOR; 3.3, 95% CI