Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses Knowledge Concerning Complications Prevention of Mechanical Ventilation at Intensive Care Unit in Al- Hussain Teaching Hospital at Nassiryah City

J. Mohammed, Suaad; J. Hammod, Hiba

	Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses Knowledge Concerning Complications Prevention of Mechanical Ventilation at Intensive Care Unit in Al- Hussain Teaching Hospital at Nassiryah City
kufa Journal for Nursing sciences
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-210
Authors
Suaad J. Mohammed; Hiba J. Hammod
Abstract
Objective: Assess of Knowledge nurses and the effectiveness of educational program on nurses in intensive care units to prevent the complications of mechanical ventilation and to find the relationship between such as age and years of experience in intensive care units at hospitals in Nasiriyah with knowledge of nurses. Methodology: a purposive non-random sample consists of 50 nurses divided into 25 control group study of 25 workers in the intensive care unit of Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah. The sample collection in the March 12, 2015 until August 20 2015. The questionnaire consists of the first two parts and is made up of demographical data (6 items), and the second part including assessment of nurses knowledge (30 items), the educational program(40 items) that includes the pre-test and post multiple questions. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and the percentage of the arithmetic mean, standard deviation) and statistics evidentiary (linear correlation coefficient, test T, analysis of variance to analyze the results. Result :The findings of the present study indicate that the nurses have weak knowledge before application of program but post evaluation revealed high level of knowledge among nurses' at ICU toward prevention complication of mechanical ventilation. Conclusion: The study concluded that the program has a clear effect on improving the knowledge of nurses in ICU relating to prevent complications of mechanical ventilation which was indicated by the pretest and posttest of the program. Recommendation: The study recommended the great certainly that should be directed towards the educational aspects in intensive care units through the provision of educational posters and guidance and leaflets and should provide modern teaching aids for the team nursing classroom study purposes of continuing education in intensive care units to enhance the knowledge of nurses
Keywords
educational program; Nurses; knowledge; Complication; prevention; Mechanical ventilation

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