7.Effect of Educational Guidelines on Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Cesarean Section Site Infection in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore
Saba Nazir1, Kabir Ozigi Abdullahi1, Muhammad Afzal1 and Sadia Khan2
ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the effect of educational Guidelines on the knowledge and practice of nurses regarding cesarean section site infection.
Study Design: Quasi-experimental study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tertiary Care Hospital, Pakistan from December 2021 to April 2022.
Materials and Methods: Thirty six registered nurses were selected by convenience sampling from tertiary care hospital Lahore according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate the pre-post data that contained 25 MCQ-based knowledge questions and 25 items containing like rt scale were used to assess the level of practice of nurses before and after guidelines-based educational intervention.
Results: A positive effect of educational guidelines on improving the knowledge and practice of nurses about cesarean section site infection (7.16±2.11; 52.61±7.73) (19.72±2.30; 92.08±4.52) in post-test respectively with a statistically significant p-value (P-value <0.001).
Conclusion: The education of nurses by educational guidelines has a significant effect on improving nurses’ knowledge and practice about cesarean section site infection.
Key Words: Knowledge, Professional practice; Nurses; Cesarean section; Surgical site Infection
Citation of article: Nazir S, Abdullahi KO, Afzal M, Khan S. Effect of Educational Guidelines on Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Cesarean Section Site Infection in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore. Med Forum 2022;33(10):30-33.