Background: Patients on mechanical ventilation have a greater risk of acquiring infections; however, this problem is greatest in critical care units. Aim: Evaluate effect of educational program for nurses Performance regarding to infection control standard precautions, for patients on mechanical ventilation. Study design: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in trauma ICU and emergency ICU at Assiut University hospital. Sample: A convenience sample of all available nurses. The sample size was 60 nurses. Tools: Utilizing two tools, Nurse's knowledge questionnaire and Observational checklist. Results: The majority of the studied Sample statistical significant difference between before and after educational program as regard to total nurses' knowledge and practice with P-value <0.001** .observed nurses' knowledge scores improved from 21.7% before the educational program to 75%after the educational program. In addition, the observed nurses' practice scores improved from 21.7%before the educational program to71.7%after educational program. Conclusion: Nurses` knowledge and practice regarding mechanical ventilation infection Control Standard Precautions in the trauma ICU and emergency ICU becomes to the satisfactory level after the educational program. Recommendation: Nurses need for continuous training programs to increase their performance regarding mechanical ventilation infection control standard Precautions.
Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Research Member
Research Abstract