Results
The mean knowledge score of nurses on intravenous potassium administration was found to be 9.48±3.21, while
the mean practice score was 10.85±2.04. These results suggest that the nurses’ knowledge and practice scores
were found to be relatively lower compared to 17 which is the highest scores of both knowledge and practice
about intravenous potassium administration. It is also important to state that statistically significant and positive
relationship was found (r: 0.595; p< 0.05). The majority of the nurses (61.9%) did not know all the elements of a
correct potassium order. The differences in nurses’ knowledge scores according to the type of hospital unit and
training status on liquid electrolyte balance were found to be statistically significant (p