Effect Of Learning Program On Nurses’ Knowledge And Performance About Glasgow Coma Scale | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 28, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 392-400 PDF (325 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.195277 | ||
| Author | ||
| Elhaga Ibrahim Eldesouky Mohamed | ||
| Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The level of consciousness (LOC) of the patients has always been part of the validation and/or data in the nurses' observations. Usually Used in practice is still GCS. It was also a note that in different cases, although Patients are awake, intubated, the verbal response is immediately recorded as 1 which contributes to a GCS score is low compared to the poor prognosis. Also, the evaluation of complex reactions that can be ignored it necessitates a better evaluation of the LOC. Subsequently, So the study was aimed to evaluate the effect of the learning program on nurses’ knowledge and performance about the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: The study was applied in a General Hospital ( Al- Amery Hospital) in Port Said city. Subjects: This study was covered thirty-six nurses working in an intensive care unit (ICU), an emergency care department, female and male internal medicine, and surgery departments of general Port Said hospital. The data was collected using 2 tools; the “Structured questionnaire sheet” which is consisted of fifteen questions related to socio-demographic characteristics, and knowledge about GCS, “observation checklist” was related to performance about GCS. Results: This study indicated that there are statistically significant improvements at p-value (0.001) immediately after program implementation concerning nurses’ knowledge performance about GCS. Moreover, it was also found a statistically significant relationship between nurses’ knowledge and performance, and there's no statistically significant association between the changes in either knowledge or performance scores and socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results of the present study that the program had succeeded in inducing statistically significant improvements in nurses’ knowledge and performance about GCS. Therefore, it can be concluded from the results of the present study that this learning program for nurses had a positive impact on their knowledge and performance. Recommendations: development and implementation of continuous learning program concerning GCS for nurses and physicians in all hospitals at port said city. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Knowledge; Performance; Nurses; learning program; GCS | ||
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