Subjects
-Abstract
Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a life-threatening complication of diabetes and is the
most common cause of death in patients with diabetes mellitus. The effective management of patients
with diabetic ketoacidosis depends on knowledgeable and skillful nurses who play a central role in
managing those patients. Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of an educational program on the
nurses' performance and patient's health outcomes regarding diabetic ketoacidosis. Research design;
A quasi-experimental - design was utilized. Setting: This study was conducted at the general
intensive care unit at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: Convenient sample of all available nurses
(70 nurses) who are working in ICU & A convenient sample of 60 patients who attended to ICU
within 6 months and assigned to studied nurses. Tools: Three tools for data collection were used as
follows: (I) Nurses self-administered questionnaire. (II) Nurses' practice observational checklist. (III)
Patients' health outcomes sheet. Results: The study shows that highly statistically significant
improvement in the total knowledge and practice score of the studied nurses immediately post
program implementation, also, there was a positive correlation between knowledge & practice post
program implementation. Conclusion: Implementation of an educational program had a positive
effect in improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding care of diabetic ketoacidosis patients
and improving patients' health outcomes. Recommendation: A similar study should be replicated on
a large sample and other places to generalize the findings.
DOI
10.21608/jnsbu.2023.277736
Keywords
Diabetic ketoacidosis, Educational Program, Nurses' Performance, patients' health outcome
Authors
Last Name
Abd Elkhalek Mekky
MiddleName
-Affiliation
Clinical Instructor at Nursing Technical Institute, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt
Email
-City
-Orcid
-Last Name
Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
MiddleName
-Affiliation
Medical Surgical Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha
University, Egypt
Email
-City
-Orcid
-MiddleName
-Affiliation
Medical Surgical Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha
University, Egypt
Email
-City
-Orcid
-Link
https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/article_277736.html
Detail API
https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=277736
Type
Scientific peer reviewed journal
Publication Title
Journal of Nursing Science Benha University
Publication Link
https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/
MainTitle
Effect of an Educational Program on the Nurses' Performance and Patients' Health Outcomes regarding Diabetic Ketoacidosis