Effect of Instructional Guidelines regarding COVID -19 on Nurses' Knowledge and Practices in Surgical unit | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 79, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 1199-1217 PDF (407.2 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.207211 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aziza Youniss Ahmed El-ghiety1; Hoda Ahmed Hussein Ahmed2; Eman hessin Yousef heggy3; Badria Mahrous Abdelhameed Mohammed4 | ||
| 1Lecturer in Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo- Egypt | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Modern University for Technology and Information-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 3Lecturer of Medical -Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing -Mansoura University-Egypt. | ||
| 4Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University-Egypt; Affiliated to Nursing department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: COVID -19 pandemic affected the global population, and infection is a high risk among nurses in surgical units. Because is particularly prevalent in healthcare settings, nurses' educational institutions must take steps to safeguard themselves and others during the outbreak by preventing COVID -19 and caring for infected COVID -19 patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of instructional guidelines regarding covid-19 on nurses' knowledge and practices in the surgical unit. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was carried out at Surgical Unit at Fayoum University Hospital. Sample: The study included a convenient sample of all surgical nurses (30 nurses). Three tools for data collection were used: (1) Demographic structured interview sheet, (2) surgical nurses’ knowledge regarding Covid-19 assessment questionnaire, and (3) surgical nurses’ practices regarding preventive measures of COVID -19 observation check lists. Results: Less than two-thirds of the studied nurses received training courses regarding COVID-19 before. The majority of the studied nurses reported that their main source of information about knowledge regarding COVID-19 was doctors. Nurses' knowledge of COVID -19 improved after one month of implementing instructional guidelines (P=0.001), with a highly statistically significant difference between pre/post one month of instructional guidelines (P=0.001). A statistically significant correlation was found between the scores of the studied nurses' COVID-19 knowledge and practice. Conclusion: The study concluded that instructional guidelines implementation for nurses in the surgical unit had a positive effect on improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding COVID-19 with significant differences one month after instructional guidelines implementation. Recommendation: In- service training program for nurses in the surgical unit to improve their knowledge and practices on the management of covid-19. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| COVID-19; Instructional guidelines; Nurses' knowledge; Practices | ||
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