Effect of Instructional Guidelines regarding COVID -19 on Nurses' Knowledge and Practices in Surgical unit
El-gheity, Aziza Youniss Ahmed; Ahmed Hussein Ahmed, Hoda; hessin Yousef heggy, Eman; Mahrous Abdelhameed Mohammed, Badria;
Abstract
COVID -19 pandemic affected the global population, and infectionis ahigh risk among nurses in surgical units. Because is particularly prevalent in healthcaresettings, nurses' educational institutions must take steps to safeguard themselves and othersduring 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-19onnurses' knowledge and practices in the surgical unit. Design: A quasi-experimental designwas 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). Threetools for data collection were used: (1) Demographic structured interviewsheet, (2)
surgical nurses’ knowledge regarding Covid-19 assessment questionnaire, and (3) surgical
nurses’ practices regarding preventive measures of COVID -19 observation checklists. Results: Less than two-thirds of the studied nurses received training courses regardingCOVID-19 before. The majority of the studied nurses reported that their main sourceof
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 concludedthat instructional guidelines implementation for nurses in the surgical unit had a positiveeffect 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 andpractices on the management of covid-19
surgical nurses’ knowledge regarding Covid-19 assessment questionnaire, and (3) surgical
nurses’ practices regarding preventive measures of COVID -19 observation checklists. Results: Less than two-thirds of the studied nurses received training courses regardingCOVID-19 before. The majority of the studied nurses reported that their main sourceof
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 concludedthat instructional guidelines implementation for nurses in the surgical unit had a positiveeffect 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 andpractices on the management of covid-19
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| Title | Effect of Instructional Guidelines regarding COVID -19 on Nurses' Knowledge and Practices in Surgical unit | Authors | El-gheity, Aziza Youniss Ahmed ; Ahmed Hussein Ahmed, Hoda; hessin Yousef heggy, Eman; Mahrous Abdelhameed Mohammed, Badria | Keywords | COVID-19, Instructional guidelines, Nurses' knowledge, Practices. | Issue Date | 2021 | Journal | Egyptian Journal of Health Care | Volume | 12 | Issue | 4 | Start page | 1199 | End page | 1217 | ISSN | 1687-9546 | DOI | 10.21608/ejhc.2021.207211 |
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