Background: Head injury is a growing international public health problem among children.
Pediatric triage is the keystone of organization of care in emergency centers. Aim of this study:
Was to evaluate the effect of pediatric triage educational program on nurses' performance regarding
head injury. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The
study was conducted at Trauma Room and Pediatric Room of the General Emergency Department
in Benha University Hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of 68 nurses and a purposive sample
of 68 children with head injury were included and selected from the previously mentioned setting.
Tools of data collection: Three tools were used, (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire to
assess nurses' knowledge related to pediatric triage and head injury. (II): Child medical assessment
sheet to assess current medical condition and child's level of consciousness. (III): observational
checklists to assess nurses' actual practice related to pediatric triage. Results: Majority of studied
nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge in the pre- program phase. While most of them had
satisfactory level of knowledge in the post- program implementation. All the studied nurses had
incompetent level of actual practices related to pediatric triage in the pre- program phase. While
most of them had competent level of actual practices in the post- program phase regarding pediatric
triage. |
