A descriptive approach to assess the knowledge regarding work related fatigue among intern nurses

Fatigue is one of the most debilitating and prevalent symptoms in nurses. Many times it is left unrecognized and perhaps the cause of many medical errors.

Was to investigate the knowledge of intern nurses working in a hospital regarding work related fatigue and to find out the association between the knowledge and demographic variables.

A purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from the sample. The samplessize was 100 intern nurses. A self administered questionnaire was used as the tool.

The knowledge level was assessed by self structured questionnaire. The result shows only 10(10%) of sample had adequate knowledge were as 30(30%) of sample had moderate knowledge and 60(60%) of sample had inadequate knowledge regarding work related fatigue. There was no significant association between the knowledge and demographic variables.