Effectiveness of Educational Program on Nurses’ Knowledge regarding Pre and Post-Operative Nursing Management

Abstract

A study is conducted to assess the effectiveness of educational program on nurse's knowledge regarding pre and post-operative nursing management at Al-Sadder Medical City. The program and instrument are constructed and developed by the researcher to reach the purpose of the study. A quasi-experimental design study has been carried out in Al-Najaf City/Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Health Directorate/Al-Sadder Medical City from January 12th, 2018 to, September 13th, 2018. Purposive sample is comprised of 40 nurses divided into two groups: study group consists of 20 nurses which exposed to the educational program and control group consists of 20 nurses not exposed to the program. Measurement of effectiveness for educational program carried out through the use of knowledge test that include (40) items. Reliability of instrument is determined through the use of test and re-test, and the instrument validity is determined through a panel of experts. The results of the study show that the effectiveness of educational program about nurses’ knowledge regarding pre and post-operative nursing management is positive and evident. It also shows that there is a good development with highly significant differences in study group between pre and post-test in all items related to pre and post-operative nursing management.