External Ventricular Brain Drain: Effect of Nursing Guidelines on Internship Nursing Students' Performance | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 32, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2020, Page 500-510 PDF (412.3 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.148844 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Dina Mohamed Maarouf; Samar Faltas Marzouk Faltas | ||||
| Critical Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: External Ventricular Drain (EVD) care is considered an advanced specialized nursing skill for the neurological patient. Internship nursing students are more exposed to the (EVD) during clinical experience so they need to improve their performance related to (EVD) to ensure patients' safety and eliminate errors through safe performance. Aim: this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of external ventricular brain drain guidelines on internship nursing students' performance. Study design: a quasi-experimental study; Subject & setting: A convenient subject of forty internship nursing students at neurological intensive care units affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals. Tools: (1) External Ventricular Brain Drain self-administered questionnaire, (2) Nurses' practice and attitude observational checklist pre & post guideline implementation. Results: there were significant improvement in the level of performance of internship nursing students post guideline implementation (P 0.05). Conclusion: nursing guidelines had statistically significant positive effect on internship nursing students' performance regarding external ventricular brain drain evidenced by most of the studied sample had satisfactory knowledge, practice and attitude. Recommendation: The periodic refreshing in-service training courses should be provided to internship nursing students in order to keep them of updating knowledge and practice regarding external ventricular brain drain. | ||||
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