Ventricular peritoneal shunts are considered to be permanent catheters with long-term complications. Its management presents major challenges later in children and their parents‟ life, requiring multidisciplinary care from the nurses. Aim of this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of nursing management protocol for mothers with child having ventricular peritoneal shunt. Research design: AQuasi-experimental design was used in carrying out the study. Setting: The study was conducted at Neurology Outpatient Clinic in Benha University Hospital . Sample: Purposive sample of children attended to Neurology Outpatient Clinic with ventricular peritoneal shunt through six months it includes 39 children. Tools: one tool was used for data collection; I): A structured interview questionnaire was designed and consisted of five parts; Part one: Mothers and child socio-demographic characteristics. Part two: Past and present medical history of the child; Part three: Mothers' knowledge regarding ventricular peritoneal shunt as meaning, signs of infection, complication, prevention, and treatment. Part four: Mothers practices regarding ventricular peritoneal shunt care. Results: Studied mothers' knowledge and practices regarding ventricular peritoneal shunt improved after implementing the nursing management protocol with statistically significant difference between pre and post test (P < 0.001).Conclusion: The mothers' level of knowledge was increasing after implementing nursing management protocol and their practices were improved. There were positive statistically correlation between total knowledge score and total practices score regarding ventricular peritoneal shunt. Recommendation: The study recommended providing continuous education and training sessions for mothers having children suffering from ventricular peritoneal shunt to prevent and decreases recurrence of infection to ensure enough knowledge and practices. |
