ABSTRACT
Fever may be a sign of both infectious and non-infectious disorders, occurs commonly in children and makes their parents unduly worried and panic as they perceived it a danger ailment. There are numerous myths and fallacy among parents related to fever management in children
Objectives Study aimed to identify the parent's knowledge regarding childhood fever and understanding of belief and attitude in the management of fever
Methods: A descriptive hospital based cross sectional study carried out among parents whose children under age 6 years were admitted to pediatric wards of a public sector teaching hospital in Peshawar with different medical conditions
Results: More than [93%] person were wrong about normal body temperature. About [37%] don't know about causes of fever where [90%] parents detect fever through tactile method, about [57%] parents don't know about appropriate body part for placing thermometer to record accurate temperature and large number of parents [40%] visit chemist for treatment after detecting fever in their kids, about [37%] brought their children to hospitals and only [13%] of total treat their children for fever at home
Conclusion: Parent's knowledge about fever and its home management was found poor in the study. Need is there to educate parents about proper assessment, detecting, recording of fever and safe practicing of fever management at home
ABSTRACT
Background: Disasters are unforeseeable events that destroy lives and affect people, ruins possessions and disturb environment. Nurses play a vital role in dealing with the victims of such events and it is essential for nurses to be prepared in facing the consequences of disasters
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses in different department like emergency, trauma care intensive cares [cardio vascular, cardiothoracic and neurosurgery departments] regarding disaster preparedness
Methods: Quantitative [descriptive study] among staff and student nurses of tertiary care hospitals [LRH, KTH and HMC] in Peshawar. Sample size was 90 through questionnaires. And collecting in 3 months from 15th Sep [2014] to 30th Dec [2014]
Results: The main points developed during the presentations and discussions included: [1] the need for evidence-based assessments and planning, [2] the need for a shift in focus to health-sector readiness, [3] empowerment of survivors, [4] provision of relief for the caregivers, [5] address the incentives and disincentives to attain readiness, [6] engage in joint preparation, response, and training, [7] focus on prevention and mitigation of the damage from events, and [8] improve media relations. There exists a need for institutionalization of processes for learning from experiences obtained from disasters
Conclusion: There is an urgent need to proactively establish coordination and management procedures in advance of any crisis. A number of important insights for improvement in coordination and management during disasters emerged