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Effect of an Educational Program on Nurses' Performance regarding Nursing Intervention for Infants Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Background Inguinal Hernia (IH) occurs when the contents of the abdomen usually fat or part of the
small intestine bulge through a weak area in the groin region. Inguinal hernia is the most common
surgical problem in infancy period. Nursing care is an integral part of managing infants undergoing IH
repair. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational program on nurses' performance
regarding nursing intervention for infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair. Design: A quasiexperimental design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at pediatric
surgery units of Benha Specialized Pediatric Hospital. Sampling: A Convenient purposive sample was
comprised of 30 nurses and a convenient sample of 283 infants who were undergoing inguinal hernia
repair at the previously mentioned study setting. Tools of Data Collection: Two tools were used: tool
(I): a structured interviewing questionnaire sheet included three parts, tool (II): nurses' observational
checklists included pre and postoperative nursing intervention. The results of this study revealed
that, the majority of the studied nurses had good level of knowledge, and competent level of practice
post program intervention with highly statistical significant improvement as compared to preprogram
intervention. Moreover, there were positive correlation between the studied nurses' total knowledge
and practice scores regarding pre and postoperative nursing care for infants undergoing inguinal hernia
repair pre and immediately post program intervention and follow up intervention. The study
concluded that, educational program was effective in improving nurses' performance regarding
nursing intervention for infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair. The study recommended: Inservice training programs should be conducted periodically for teaching the nurses the basic knowledge
and clinical skills for infants undergoing IH and other surgeries

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2021.159642

Keywords

Inguinal hernia, infants, Educational Program, Nurses’ Performance

Authors

First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Dosokey

MiddleName

Abdel-Satar

Affiliation

Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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First Name

Rahma

Last Name

Bahgat

MiddleName

Soliman

Affiliation

pediatric Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

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First Name

Basma

Last Name

Abdel-Sadik

MiddleName

Rabie

Affiliation

Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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First Name

Khadiga

Last Name

Said

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

pediatric Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Benha university, Egypt

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Volume

2

Article Issue

1

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23415

Issue Date

2021-01-01

Receive Date

2020-12-01

Publish Date

2021-01-01

Page Start

59

Page End

75

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 2_Issue 1_Pages 59-75.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of an Educational Program on Nurses' Performance regarding Nursing Intervention for Infants Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair

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23 Jan 2023