Effect of Educational Program on Improving Nurses' Performance Regarding Arterial Blood Gases Sampling for Critically Ill Children

Abstract

Back ground:Arterial blood gases sampling is a valuable tool in the assessment of multitude of illness and injuries. It represents the criterion stander for determining a ventilated and non-ventilated children's acid base status. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of educational program on improving nurses' performance regarding arterial blood gases sampling for critically ill children. Setting: The study was conducted at pediatric intensive care units in Benha University hospital and Benha Specialized pediatric hospital. Design: A quasi experimental design was utilized for conducting the current study. Sample: A convenient sample of ( 50) nurses working at the above mentioned settings were recruited for this study regardless of their personal characteristics.Tools: Two tools were used for data collection, a structured questionnaire sheet to assess nurses' knowledge about arterial blood gases sampling and an observational checklist to assess nurses ' practice regarding arterial blood gases sampling. Results: There was a highly statistical significant differences in nurses' knowledge and practice regarding arterial blood gases sampling before and after program implementation. Conclusion:Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that, the research hypothesis is accepted, while it was found that the educational program is highly effective method to improve the nurses' knowledge and practice regarding arterial blood gases sampling.Recommendation:The study recommended that, the continuous training and evaluating should be provided to all nurses involved in arterial blood gases sampling in order to update their knowledge and ensure competent practice.

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“…This result was disagree with Thulasimani, [7] who reported that none of the demographic variables were significantly associated with the level of nurses' knowledge in pretest and posttest of control group. However, the current study result was consistent with Sabaq et al, [6] that revealed a statistically significant relation between working settings, educational qualification, years of experience and studied nurses' total knowledge regarding arterial blood puncture. On the other hand, Kaur, and Charan, [26] reported that age, sex, professional qualifications, clinical experience, and working settings are related significantly with nurses' practice.…”

“…In this regards, the study conducted by Hemavathy et al [20] found a statistically significant difference between level of knowledge regarding arterial blood gases analysis among staff nurses before and after applying the program based learning. Moreover, consistent with the study results by Sabaq et al, [6] which reported that more than three quarter of nurses have unsatisfactory level of knowledge at the pre-program phase and the majority of them have satisfactory knowledge after program implementation about arterial blood puncture.…”

“…On the other hand, the study of Sabaq, et al [6] consistent with the current study results which stated that more than two thirds of nurses have inadequate level of practice in the pre-program phase while , most of them have adequate practice level after implementing the program based learning about arterial blood puncture. Additionally, the study by Marco, Castillo& Soler, [27] goes also in the same line with the current study which revealed that more than half of the nurses and the majority of student nurses understood the purpose of Allen's test with significant difference between pre and post applying the program based learning regarding arterial blood puncture.…”

“…Moreover, the blood can also be drawn from an arterial catheter. The reasons behind performing this test are to identify the pH of the blood, the partial pressure of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and the level of bicarbonate [5,6].…”

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“…This study also corroborates the findings of[ 34 ] concerning the poor baseline knowledge of nurses. They found that two-thirds of nurses had insufficient practice knowledge before implementing program-based learning about arterial blood puncture, while the majority had adequate practice after implementing the program concerning learning about arterial blood puncture.…”