Background: Gastrointestinal motility is very important after abdominal surgery. So, maintaining normal function of gastrointestinal motility after abdominal surgery. There for, mother's awareness, education and understanding of the importance of gastrointestinal motility are necessary component. Aim: evaluate the effect of implementing educational guidelines on mothers' performance regarding postoperative gastrointestinal motility for their children with abdominal surgery. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the study. Setting: This study was conducted at pediatric surgical unit of Benha Specialized Pediatric Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample was comprised of 60 mothers with their children of school age admitted to previous mentioned setting having abdominal surgery. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used: tool (I) interviewing questionnaire included two parts, tool (II) mothers' knowledge related to gastrointestinal motility after abdominal surgery and tool (III) included two parts mothers' reported practices schedule and observation sheet were developed by researcher after reviewing related literature. The results: The results of this study revealed that: The designed guidelines for mothers having children undergoing abdominal surgery was effective method for improvement of their knowledge score as the minority (pre intervention), while more than three quarters of them had good knowledge (post intervention) and satisfactory practice as more than quarter (pre intervention), while more than three quarters (post intervention) that reflect on high improvement rates of gastrointestinal motility and health status of children in follow up sheet. The study concluded that the educational guidelines were effective in improving mothers' performance regarding improving gastrointestinal motility after abdominal surgery. The study recommended that: The nursing roles should be directed toward educating mothers about improving their knowledge and practice regarding gastrointestinal motility and how to improve it after abdominal surgery. |
