Background: Pacemaker is the recommended therapy for treating the conduction system disorders. Aimof this study: Was to evaluatetheeffectiveness of an educational program for management of patients undergoing permanent pacemaker on nurses' performance.Design: Quasi experimental design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted in the Coronary Care Unit and Cardiac Catheterization Unit at Benha university hospital. Sample: All available nurses were included (42) nurses. Data collection tools: Two toolswere used, I: A structural interview to assess studied nurses' demographic characteristics and knowledge about nursing management of patients undergoing permanent pacemaker and II: Observational checklist to observe nurses' practice about nursing management of patients undergoing permanent pacemaker. Results: Two thirds of nurses had poor total knowledge pre-program implementation whenever, more than two thirds of nurses had a good total knowledge post-program implementation and more than half of them had a good total knowledge on follow-up post program implementation. The majority of studied nurses had un satisfactory level of practice pre-program implementation whenever, nearly two thirds of them had a satisfactory level of practice post-program implementation and more than half of them had a satisfactory total practice follow-up program implementation.Conclusion: A statistically significant improvement in nurses' knowledge and practice immediately and after two months compared to their baseline assessment. Recommendation: Continuous educational programs for nurses based on evidence to improve their knowledge and practice related to pacemaker.
Abdel Monem Elseba, H., Mostafa Ragheb, M., & Elsayed Ghonaem, S. (2022). Effectiveness of an Educational Program for Management of Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker on Nurses' Performance. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(1), 273-287. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.213770
MLA
Hoda Abdel Monem Elseba; Marwa Mostafa Ragheb; Samah Elsayed Ghonaem. "Effectiveness of an Educational Program for Management of Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker on Nurses' Performance". Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3, 1, 2022, 273-287. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.213770
HARVARD
Abdel Monem Elseba, H., Mostafa Ragheb, M., Elsayed Ghonaem, S. (2022). 'Effectiveness of an Educational Program for Management of Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker on Nurses' Performance', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(1), pp. 273-287. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.213770
VANCOUVER
Abdel Monem Elseba, H., Mostafa Ragheb, M., Elsayed Ghonaem, S. Effectiveness of an Educational Program for Management of Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker on Nurses' Performance. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2022; 3(1): 273-287. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.213770
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