Effects of Bowel Stoma Care Education Program on Nurses’ Practice at Khartoum State Governmental Hospitals- Sudan

Abstract

Background: education program plays a major role in teaching, enhancing, and improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding bowel stoma care. Aim: To study the effectiveness of education program on nurses' performance regarding bowel stoma care at the governmental hospitals in Khartoum state. Methods: A quasi-experimental hospital base study was conducted in three governmental hospitals; fifty nurses were chosen by using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling technique. Data were collected using checklist for practice assessment in three phases. Data were analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (Version 23) presented in tables and figures using descriptive percentages, means and stander deviation, chi sure test used for relation significance and T-test used to show the difference between pre and post means. Results: shows that mean of total practice score changed from poor to good .and there was a highly significant difference at p ˂ .001 between pre- and post-implementing education program. Conclusion: On light of the study results it can be concluded that there was a highly significant improvement in practice items between pre and post education program, and the study recommended that there should be an in-service training and periodic educational programs targeting nurses to improve nurse’s knowledge and practices.