Table 1.
Post-education survey results.
| Variable | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Years of experience in GI surgical oncology | Less than one year | 15% |
| Between 1 and 5 years | 35% | |
| More than five years | 50% | |
| Previous experience performing abdominal percussion assessment | No experience before education | 12% |
| Some experience before education | 53% | |
| Adequate knowledge of percussion | 32% | |
| Feeling confident performing abdominal percussion | Somewhat confident | 35% |
| Very confident | 62% | |
| How challenging was it to incorporate the abdominal percussion assessment | It is not feasible to include a percussion assessment | 12% |
| Feasible to incorporate percussion assessment | 85% | |
| Amount of time it takes to perform the percussion assessment | Less than 1 minute | 56% |
| More than 1 minute | 38% | |
| Over 2 minutes | 6 % | |
| Total survey responses received | Day-shift nurse responses | 91% |
| Night-shift nurse responses | 76% | |