Impact of Nursing Intervention Protocol about Polytrauma Care during the Golden Hour on Nurses’ Performance | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 20, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 292-309 PDF (499.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.119015 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Yosreah Mohamed Mohamed; Arzak Mohamed Khalifa; Fatma Abdou Eltaib | ||
| Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The golden hour following a traumatic event is characterized by the need for rapid assessment and immediate resuscitation treatment, which represent the fundamental principles of Advanced Trauma Life Support. Aim: This study aimed to assess the impact of nursing intervention protocol about polytrauma care during the golden hour on nurses‟ performance. Research hypothesis: This study was hypothesized that the nurses‟ knowledge and practice will be significantly improved after implementing nursing intervention protocol. Research Design: A quasi-experimental design study with one group < /div> pre-test post-test approach was used to achieve the aim of the present study. Setting: it was conducted at Emergency departments affiliated to Ain Shams university hospitals. Subjects: A Convenient sample of all available nurses (thirty) working in Emergency departments. Tools: I- Self-administered nurses‟ polytrauma care knowledge questionnaire, it was used to assess nurses‟ knowledge regarding management of patient with polytrauma during the golden hour and II- Nurses‟ polytrauma care practice observational checklist: to assess nurses‟ practice regarding management of patients with polytrauma during the golden hours. Results: it was found that two thirds of the nurses were between twenty five to forty years, and less than half of them were graduated from nursing institute. There were highly statistically significant differences in knowledge and practice regarding care of patients with polytrauma during the golden hour with marked improvement post implementation among studied nurses. There was a significant relation between studied nurses' knowledge & practice and gender & education. Conclusion: there was an improvement in knowledge and practice post nursing intervention protocol implementation among studied nurses with statistically significant differences between pre- and post- knowledge, and practice. Recommendations: Replication of the study on a large probability sample for results generalization and Improve and update nurses‟ knowledge and skills about management of patients with polytrauma during the golden hour. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| polytrauma; nursing intervention; performance; golden hour | ||
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