May 2020 Vol. 8 No.5

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Original Research Article

Nurses knowledge and practice regarding GCS techniques implementation

Ali Nawaz^1*, Muhammad Hussain², Muhammad Afzal³, Syed Amir Gilani⁴

¹BS Nursing, Lahore School of Nursing, The University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
²Associate Professor, Lahore School of Nursing, the University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
³Assistant Professor, Lahore School of Nursing, the University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
⁴Professor, FAHS the University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan.

*Corresponding Author’s Email: ali.sheikh1545@gmail.com

Received: 02 May 2020 I Accepted: 23 May 2020 I Published: 27 May 2020
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Abstract

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is one of the best and common scoring systems used to describe the level of consciousness in a person who has a traumatic brain injury. It was invented in 1974 by Graham Teasdale and Bryan j. jennet. It has 3 major components; first is the eye-opening, second is verbal response and the third one is the motor response. The best score of GCS is 15/15 and the worst score is 3/15. Across sectional observational study performed on 150 nurses to observe nurse’s knowledge and practice regarding GCS techniques implementation. According to this study a lot of participants did not have sufficient knowledge of GCS implementation techniques in ICU and emergency departments. The study revealed that only 34.3% of nurses have sufficient knowledge about GCS assessment and interpretation, on the other hands 65.7% of the population did not know about GCS assessment and interpretation. It is concluded that the majority of nurses have insufficient knowledge and week assessment regarding GCS.

Keywords: Nurses, GCS, Practice, and knowledge