The aim of the study was to assess the effect of nursing education intervention on time management for
nurses in dialysis unit. Hypothesis: After the nursing education intervention: 1- the knowledge of nurses about
renal failure, hemodialysis and time management will increase, 2- The perception of nurses about importance of
time management in improving their performance and the perception about their ability to control time wasters
will increase. 3- The performance of nurses will improve after receiving the educational intervention. Design:
Quasi-experimental design used. Setting: dialysis unit at Benha university hospitals and health insurance hospital
used to conduct study. Tools: two tools were designed; I): Interview questionnaire sheet: It consists of four parts
(I): It consisted of personal identification and demographic characteristics of the studied nurses. Part (II): to assess
nurses' general knowledge about renal failure and hemodialysis. Part III: Time management perception
questionnaire. Part IV: Time waters' perception questionnaire. Tool (II): Observational Checklist for nurses'
performance with workload at dialysis unit. Results: The results of the study revealed that (58.3%) of nurses were
working at Benha University Hospital and having experience at dialysis unit more than 5 years. more than half
(55%) their age above 30 years, The majority of them 76.7% were working as a bedside nurse, (60.6%) have not
any training program in time management. The results showed that there are statistically significant improvement
regarding to total level of general knowledge about renal failure and time management, total level of perception
about importance of time management and perception about ability to control time wasters after 1 month and at
follow up among studied nurses. Conclusion: the nursing educational intervention had a significant effect on
improvement of the nurses' knowledge related to renal failure, hemodialysis, time management and performance.
Also, it improved the perception of nurses about importance of time management in their performance and their
ability to control time wasters. Recommendations: Orientation program for newly staff and continuous education
for nurses in dialysis unit about time management and time waster with periodic evaluation of knowledge and
practices for the nurses working at dialysis to assess what needs and appraisals. In addition to application of
protocol or Schedule of care for patient with chronic renal failure CRF written in Arabic language to improve
factor that reinforce time waster. |
