Assessment of level of knowledge on pharmacology among nurses in selected hospital

Medication administration is one of the fundamental tasks performed by nurses in everyday clinical practice. Nurses need pharmacological skills to contribute effectively to medication administration, to advise patients on issues related to their treatments, to administer appropriate medicines correctly and to identify and make a preliminary evaluation of adverse drug effects. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge on pharmacology among nurses working in Multi Speciality Hospital, to associate the level of knowledge on pharmacology with selected demographic variables. Methodology: Non-experimental research design was used. The study was conducted in the Multi Speciality Hospital at Chennai. 30 staff nurses were selected using convenient sampling technique. Results: 13 (43.33%) staff nurses had moderate knowledge 10 (33.33%) staff nurses are had inadequate knowledge, and 7 (23.33%) of nurses are had adequate knowledge. Chisquare test was used to find the association between knowledge with selected demographic variables of nurses and there was no statistically significance. Conclusion: It was concluded that staff nurses have varying degree of knowledge and experience.