Effect of Video Assisted Teaching Program on Nurses' Performance regarding the Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

A spinal cord injury occurs when the communication between the brain and the rest of the body is disrupted, causing loss of movement and feeling below the level of injury. The aim was to determine the effect of video-assisted teaching program on nurses' performance regarding the care of patients with spinal cord injury. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the current study. Setting: the study was conducted at the general intensive care unit and neurological intensive care unit in Suez Canal University hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 50 nurses was included in the study. Three tools were used: Two tools were used for data collection were 1) Nurses self-administered questionnaire sheet. It included two parts. part one is concerned with the assessment of the demographic characteristics of the studied nurses and part two is concerned with nurses' knowledge questionnaire regarding caring for patients with spinal cord injury.2) Nurses' observational checklist about nursing performance for patients with spinal cord injury to assess nurses' performance. Results: There were highly significant improvements in nurses' knowledge and performance regarding spinal cord injury pre and postvideo-assisted teaching program (P=0.005). The results of the present study revealed that there was a positive significant correlation between nurses' knowledge and their performance level regarding caring for patients with spinal cord injury pre and post-video-assisted teaching program. Conclusion:The current study concluded that video-assisted structured teaching program had a highly significant positive effect on improving nurses' performance regarding the care of patients with spinal cord injury. Recommendations: Application of video-assisted structured teaching program for nurses working with spinal cord injury patients at intensive care unit to improve their performance.