Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries
Abd El-Maksoud, M., El-Banna, H., Tolba, K., Abdelaziz, O. (2019). Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries. EKB Journal Management System, 21(1), 43-56. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2019.206575
Mona Abd El-Maksoud; Haneya Mohammed El-Banna; Kawthar Gaber Tolba; Osama Saad Abdelaziz. "Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries". EKB Journal Management System, 21, 1, 2019, 43-56. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2019.206575
Abd El-Maksoud, M., El-Banna, H., Tolba, K., Abdelaziz, O. (2019). 'Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries', EKB Journal Management System, 21(1), pp. 43-56. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2019.206575
Abd El-Maksoud, M., El-Banna, H., Tolba, K., Abdelaziz, O. Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 21(1): 43-56. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2019.206575

Impact of a Nursing Educational Program on the Expected Post Operative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Brain Surgeries

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal
Volume 21, Issue 1, July 2019, Page 43-56  XML PDF (405.27 K)
Document Type: Research articles
DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2019.206575
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Authors
Mona Abd El-Maksoud* 1; Haneya Mohammed El-Banna1; Kawthar Gaber Tolba1; Osama Saad Abdelaziz2
1Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University
2Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
Abstract
One of the most critical surgeries performed on the human body is brain surgery. Objective:
Determine the impact of a nursing educational program on the expected post operative outcomes of
patients undergoing brain surgeries. Setting: The study was conducted in the Neurosurgery Inpatient
and Outpatient Clinics including Oncology Clinics of Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt.
Subjects: A convenience sample of 70 adult male and female patients undergoing brain surgery was
included in the study and all nurses providing direct care for patients undergoing brain surgeries,
their number was a total of 24 nurses. Tools: Five Tools were used for data collection; Tool I: Brain
surgery patients' assessment sheet, Tool II: Postoperative brain surgery patients' expected outcomes,
Tool III: Nurses knowledge assessment questionnaire, Tool IV: Nurses' performance observation
checklist for patients undergoing brain surgeries, Tool V: The nursing educational program for
patients undergoing brain surgeries. Results: The study subjects had positive outcomes after
implementation of the nursing educational program, more than half of the studied patients achieved
satisfaction toward provided nursing care, the knowledge and the performance began to be
satisfactory by all nurses caring for the study subjects after application of the nursing educational
program. Conclusion: The study concluded that the majority of patients had positive outcomes after
the application of the nursing educational program, there were a statistical significant differences
between nurses' knowledge and skills before and after application of the nursing educational program.
Recommendations: The developed educational program should be given to all patients undergoing
brain surgery, and pre-service training program should be provided to the newly appointed nurses
Keywords
Nursing educational program; Expected post operative outcomes; Brain surgeries
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