DESCRIPTION OF NURSE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISCHARGE PLANNING PATIENT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH ANTI- TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS IN ONE OF CENTRAL INDONESIA PRIVATE HOSPITAL
Theresia (a), Fiolenty Sitorus (b), Claudia Tapalawene (c), Evelyn Gladis S (c), Reslinani Salukh (c)
a) Asisstant Lecturer Faculty of Nursing Universitas Pelita Harapan
theresia.fon[at]uph.edu
b) Lecturer Faculty of Nursing Universitas Pelita Harapan
c) Profession Student Faculty of Nursing Univesitas Pelita Harapan
Abstract
Background: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia, both new and recurrence cases in 2015 was significant, there are 395 cases per 100,000 peoples per year (The Join External TB Monitoring Mission, 2017). A phenomenon that needs to be considered from epidemiological data is the follow-up mechanism for the treatment of TB patients. The National TB program shows that the success rate of treatment in Puskesmas is higher than in private health services. Return planning / discharge planning in TB patients is important in the continuation of the treatment regimen. Nurses are part of health workers who carry out patient return planning. Discharge planning must be carried out by nurses in a structured manner starting from the assessment when the patient enters the hospital until the patient returns home. Knowledge of nurses is needed in order to provide good understanding in planning patient return. Objective: The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the level of nurse knowledge about discharge planning of pulmonary tuberculosis patients with anti-tuberculosis drugs. Method: This research used descriptive quantitative research design. This research had 23 samples from inpatient and outpatient room in one of Central Indonesia Private Hospital with sampling technique was total sampling and instrument used was questionnaire. Result: 10 (43.5%) respondents have high knowledge and 13 (56.5%) of respondents have medium knowledge about discharge planning patient of pulmonary tuberculosis with anti-tuberculosis drug. Recommendation : Researchers recommend that further research is about factors that influence the success of pulmonary tuberculosis discharge planning with anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, Discharge planning, Nurse knowledge
Topic: Nursing