Effect of an Educational Program on Nurses Performance Regarding COVID-19 in the Obstetrics and Surgical units | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 20, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 251-269 PDF (487.86 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260885 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Rasha Nabil Malk1; Esraa Hamdy Hassan1; Asmaa Daifallah Mehany Mohamed1; Eman Fathy Amr2; Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan3 | ||||
1Lecturer in Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||||
2Assistant professor of Medical- Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing,Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||||
3Assistant professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
COVID-19 a highly infectious disease threatened the world and created a big challenge to healthcare systems and their personnel worldwide. Nurse plays very important role in infection prevention and control, safeguard the community and providing care at this critical time. Aim of this study is evaluate the effect of an education program on nurses' performance regarding COVID-19. Design: A quasi- experimental design was used. Setting: this study was conducted in surgical and obstetric units at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Sample: all nurses (n = 40) working at surgical and obstetric units. Tools: Two tools were used a self- administered questionnaire to assess knowledge and observational checklist to assess practice. Results: preprogram; the majority of the nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge and practice regarding COVID-19 (87.5% and 90%respectively). A significant improvement was found immediately post-program (90% and 92.5% respectively) while this improvement lowered lightly post three months at follow up (77.5%and 80% respectively). Conclusion: A statistically significant improvement in nurses' performance had got after implementation of the program which confirming the study hypothesis. Recommendation that the necessary of continuous in-service training programs about COVID-19. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
COVID-19; knowledge; practices | ||||
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