Background: Green practices by nurses can directly protect the ICU environment and attain
sustainability by conserving energy and resources. Aim: was to evaluate effectiveness of
educational program on nurses’ performance toward sustainable development and green practice
in intensive care unit. Design: A quasi-experimental study design (pre/post-test) was used to
fulfill the study aim. Setting: The study was carried out in intensive care unit, Benha University
Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample of seventy nurses in the intensive care unit were
recruited in the research. Tools: three tools were employed: Tool I. Self-administered
Questionnaire, it includes two parts; 1): Nurses' personal data, 2) Nurses' knowledge assessment.
Tool II: Nurses' sustainability and green practices observational check list. Tool III: Nurses’
attitude assessment scale toward sustainability and green practice. Results: illustrated that
62.9%, 58.6% of the nurses under the study had satisfactory level of total knowledge about
sustainable development and green practice respectively at immediate post-program
implementation and post one-month in the intensive care unit in contrast 8.6% prior to the
program at p ˂ 0.05. Moreover 68.6%, 65.7% of the nurses had satisfactory level of total practice
respectively at immediate post, and Post one-month of program implementation and there was a
significant improvement in mean scores of their attitude post-program implementation compared
to pre-program at (p ˂ 0.05). Conclusion: the results demonstrated that the educational program
effectively improved knowledge and practice of the nurses toward sustainable development and
green practices respectively in the intensive care unit than before. Moreover, nurses’ attitude
toward sustainability and green practice was significantly and positively improved than before
the educational program implementation. Recommendations: Encourage conducting research
for environmental sustainability and green practice in the ICU, which aim to decrease the passive
effects of the environment on ICU practices. |
