THE RELATIONSHIP OF NURSE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ACCURACY OF GCS ASSESSMENT IN HEAD INJURY PATIENTS IN EMERGENCY ROOM GRESTELINA HOSPITAL

Penulis

  • Ika Arfianti Universitas Hasanuddin
  • Irma Andriyanis STIKES Gunung Sari

Kata Kunci:

GCS Assessment Accuracy, Head Injury, Nurse Characteristics

Abstrak

Background; Head injury is a leading cause of death, with mortality and morbidity rates of head injury approaching one-third of deaths in multitrauma patients. Head injury cases account for 52,000 or 40% of the total number of deaths caused by acute injury. Objectives: The relationship between nurse characteristics and the accuracy of GCS assessment in head injury patients in the emergency room Grestelina Hospital. Method; This study uses a quantitative research design with a total sampling approach method with a sample size of 33 respondents. Result; The results showed that age, education level and tenure obtained p=0.030, p=0.004 and p=0.000 < α (0.05). Thus Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected, meaning there is a relationship with the accuracy of GCS assessment in head injury patients. Meanwhile, the results showed that gender obtained a value of p=0.358> α (0.05). Thus Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected, meaning that it is not related to the accuracy of GCS assessment in head injury patients. Conclusion; The results show that age, education level and tenure have a relationship with the accuracy of GCS assessment in head injury patients in the emergency room Grestelina Hospital. While from the results of gender there is no relationship to the accuracy of GCS assessment in head injury patients in the emergency room Grestelina Hospital.

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2024-08-28