Effect of an Educational Program on the Nurses' Performance and Patients' Health Outcomes regarding Diabetic Ketoacidosis | ||||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023, Page 488-504 PDF (505.78 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277736 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Essam Abd Elkhalek Mekky* 1; Hayam Ahmed Mohamed Hassan2; Rawia Ali Ibrahim2 | ||||
| 1Clinical Instructor at Nursing Technical Institute, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Medical Surgical Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes and is the most common cause of death in patients with diabetes mellitus. The effective management of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis depends on knowledgeable and skillful nurses who play a central role in managing those patients. Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of an educational program on the nurses' performance and patient's health outcomes regarding diabetic ketoacidosis. Research design; A quasi-experimental - design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted at the general intensive care unit at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: Convenient sample of all available nurses (70 nurses) who are working in ICU & A convenient sample of 60 patients who attended to ICU within 6 months and assigned to studied nurses. Tools: Three tools for data collection were used as follows: (I) Nurses self-administered questionnaire. (II) Nurses' practice observational checklist. (III) Patients' health outcomes sheet. Results: The study shows that highly statistically significant improvement in the total knowledge and practice score of the studied nurses immediately post program implementation, also, there was a positive correlation between knowledge & practice post program implementation. Conclusion: Implementation of an educational program had a positive effect in improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding care of diabetic ketoacidosis patients and improving patients' health outcomes. Recommendation: A similar study should be replicated on a large sample and other places to generalize the findings. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Diabetic Ketoacidosis; educational program; nurses' performance; patients' health outcome | ||||
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