Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los profesionales de enfermería frente al programa de tuberculosis en el municipio de Pamplona Norte de Santander.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of nursing professionals regarding the tuberculosis program in the municipality of Pamplona Norte de Santander. • Methodology: Non-experimental descriptive study, with a master size of 9 participants, with information, the source of information for the present study was primary, collected through an instrument composed of 20 multiple-choice questions that evaluate knowledge, and 22 and 10 questions respectively for the attitudes and practices evaluated using a Likert-type scale, later a statistical processing was carried out using the SPSS version 25 program in order to give results in an understandable way. • Results: In this research it was found that 88.9% of the nursing professionals in charge of the tuberculosis program have a high knowledge, 77.8% of the surveyed professionals have a favorable attitude and 100% have practical practices. adequate. • Conclusions: The level of knowledge of the nursing professionals in charge of the tuberculosis program in the city of Pamplona was determined, where the professionals presented high knowledge, determining through this study that they are the ideal staff, in addition to They have a solid knowledge acquired during their training and through the experience acquired in the position they currently hold.