Table 2.

Quality of answers concerning global knowledge among all nurses, and between those who have and have not cared for a hemiplegic patient.

Chapter on the comprehensive knowledge of nurses	All nurses N = 125	%	Having already cared for a hemiplegic patient n = 103	%	Never having cared for a hemiplegic patient n = 22	%	P
Chapter “brain”							0.004
-Correct responses	71	56.8	65	63.1	6	27.3
-Incorrect responses	54	43.2	38	36.9	16	72.7
Chapter “cough”							0.17
-Correct responses	73	58.4	63	61.2	10	45.4
-Incorrect responses	52	41.6	40	38.8	12	54.6
Chapter “voice”							0.11
-Correct responses	70	56.0	61	59.2	9	40.9
-Incorrect responses	55	44.0	42	40.8	13	59.1
Chapter “beverages”
-Correct responses	2	1.6	2	1.9	0	0.0	0.99
-Incorrect responses	123	98.4	101	98.1	22	100
Chapter “posture”							0.47
-Correct responses	82	65.6	69	67.0	13	59.1
-Incorrect responses	43	34.4	34	33.0	9	40.9
Chapter “pneumonia”							0.34
-Correct responses	54	43.2	47	45.6	7	31.8
-Incorrect responses	71	56.8	56	54.4	15	68.2
Chapter “rescue”							0.46
-Correct responses	45	36.0	39	37.9	6	27.3
-Incorrect responses	80	64.0	64	62.1	16	72.7
Chapter “nutrition”							0.23
-Correct responses	49	39.2	43	41.7	6	27.3
-Incorrect responses	76	60.8	60	58.3	16	72.7
Chapter “hospitalization”							0.56
-Correct responses	109	87.2	90	87.4	19	86.4
-Incorrect responses	16	12.8	13	12.6	3	13.6
Chapter “mortality”							0.27
-Correct responses	95	76.0	76	73.8	19	86.4
-Incorrect responses	30	24.0	27	26.2	3	13.6