Effect of nursing educational program on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery at Assiut university hospital
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Assistant Prof. of Medical-Surgical Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Aswan University
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Professor of Orthopedic-Surgery- Faculty of Medicine- Assiut University
10.12816/0029170
Abstract
Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery is one of the most common clinical entities in daily orthopedic practice. Nurses should develop their own knowledge and quality of nursing care that are needed to practice safely with patients post ACL surgery. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of nursing educational program on nurse's knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Subjects & methods: Research design: Quasi experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in arthroscopy and sports injuries unit at orthopedic department at Assiut University Hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of 44 nurses was included in this study. Tools of data collection: Data collected by utilizing the designed interview questionnaire sheet consists of biosocial characteristics of nurses and assessment of nurses' knowledge, observation checklist sheet consists of nurses' practice and instructions. Results: The results can be concluded that 93.2% of nurses had a poor level of knowledge regarding ACL with Mean ± SD (7.57 ± 2.73). All of nurses (100%) had an inadequate level practice regarding care for patients post ACL surgery with Mean ± SD (133.07±30.60).It was found that there was a strong relationship (r =.838, P = .0001) between total knowledge score and total practice score regarding care for patients post ACL surgery. Conclusion: it can be concluded that, Nurses` knowledge and practice regarding ACL surgery in orthopedic department of Assiut University Hospitals improved. Recommendations: Continuous education and in-service training programs, encouraging nurses to read textbooks and periodicals and to attend scientific meeting and conferences and similar studies on a larger sample acquired from different geographical areas in Egypt should be done to achieve more generalizable results are recommended.
Ahmed, A., & El-kady, H. (2015). Effect of nursing educational program on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery at Assiut university hospital. Zagazig Nursing Journal, 11(2), 42-50. doi: 10.12816/0029170
MLA
Amal Mohamed Ahmed; Hesham Abd El-Rehem El-kady. "Effect of nursing educational program on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery at Assiut university hospital". Zagazig Nursing Journal, 11, 2, 2015, 42-50. doi: 10.12816/0029170
HARVARD
Ahmed, A., El-kady, H. (2015). 'Effect of nursing educational program on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery at Assiut university hospital', Zagazig Nursing Journal, 11(2), pp. 42-50. doi: 10.12816/0029170
VANCOUVER
Ahmed, A., El-kady, H. Effect of nursing educational program on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding patients with anterior cruciate ligament surgery at Assiut university hospital. Zagazig Nursing Journal, 2015; 11(2): 42-50. doi: 10.12816/0029170