Background: Road traffic accident (RTA) can results in various types of injuries, ranged
from minor to severe. The severity of these injuries can lead to long term physical disabilities. The
study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational program on nurses' performance regarding
care of children with RTA. Study design: a quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The
study was conducted at Emergency department at Benha hospital. Study subjects: (a) a convenient
sample of 40 nurses working as a full time at previous setting and willing to participate in the study,
(b) a convenient sample of 40 children with multiple trauma post RTA. Tools of data collection:
Two tools were used to conduct the study: Tool (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire, it
included four parts: Part (I): Characteristics of the studied nurses, Part (II): characteristics of the
studied children, Part (III): Clinical data of the studied children and Part (IV): Nurses’ knowledge
assessment which is subdivided to two subparts: Subpart (I): Nurses knowledge related to triage
system and Subpart (II): Nurses knowledge regarding to care of children with multiple trauma.
Tool (II): Observational check list. Results: Less than half of the studied nurses (47.5%) had poor
total knowledge level pre educational program. In contrast more than three quarter (82.5%) had
good level of knowledge post educational program. Also, less than two thirds (62.5%) of the
studied nurses had incompetent level of practices pre-education program implementation. In
contrast, more than three quarters (80%) had competent level of practices post-educational program
implementation. Conclusion: There is a highly statistical significant positive correlation between
total knowledge scores and total practices scores of the studied nurses' pre and post-educational
program implementation. |
