Effectiveness of an Educational program on Nurses 'Knowledge Regarding Care of Central Venous Catheter in AL-Nasiriyahcardiac center
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Abstract
A quasi experimental study design (study and control group) carried out through the period of 2020- 2021 to assess effectiveness of an educational program on nurses' knowledge regarding care of central venous catheter. The study carried out in in Al-Nasiriyah cardiac center in Al-Nasiriyah city, Iraq, sixty nurses (30 nurses in study group and 30 nurses in control group) in intensive care unit (ICU) and surgical ward were chosen by using of non-probability (purposive sample). The data were collected through three periods (pretest,
posttest1 after one week of the implementation of educational program and posttest2 after two week of the implementation of educational program). The instrument reliable by using of coefficient reliability and valid by the panel of experts. The data analyzed by use of descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis. The study findings indicated that the nurses sample at age (≤ 25) years, most of participants were female, graduated from college of nursing for study group and nursing institute for control group, they had (1-5) years of experience in
nursing and cardiac center, and they did not participants in training courses. nurses had low level of knowledge at pretest in both group more than three quarters of the participants in the study group 23(76.7%), and vast majority in control group 28(93.3%), with mean (0.29), and (0.26) respectively, at posttest1 mean score is (0.84) for study group and (0.26) in control group, at posttest2 the mean score of knowledge for study group was (0.85), while mean score of knowledge in control group was (0.29). The study concluded that the
educational program has an effectiveness in improve the nurses’ knowledge regarding care of central venous catheter. The study recommended conducting research related to central venous catheter care in oncology and dialysis centers, and Providing an Arabic booklet on central venous catheter care to motivate nurses to develop and refine their knowledge.