Evaluate Clinical Guideline Related to Care of Mothers with Cesarean Section. Its Effect on Nurses' Practical Skills

Abstract

Background:. The nurse plays an important role in caring for mothers who have CS as provided competent care through multidisciplinary roles as a health care provider, health educator, administrator, counselor, and researcher Aim: evaluate clinical guideline related to care of mothers with cesarean section, its effect on nursing practical skills. Setting: the study was conducted at 6 in-patient units’ maternity hospital Ain shams University. Study Design: a quasi-experimental (time series) study design (pre-posttest). Sampling: convenience sample included 38 nurses. Tools of data collection: were structured interviewing Arabic Questionnaire Sheet, an observational checklist and nurse satisfaction assessment sheet. Results: showed that a highly statistically significant improvement between post-intervention compared to pre-intervention regarding nurses' knowledge and practices, significant relation showed that there was a highly statistically significant relation between total knowledge about nursing care for cesarean section among studied sample and their years of experience. Conclusion: there were statistical significant improvement among studied sample post-intervention compared to pre-intervention related to their knowledge & practice regarding to cesarean section. It was also observed high level of satisfaction among nurse post-intervention regarding utilization of a clinical guideline. Recommendations: Periodic in-service – training regarding cesarean section care.