Effectiveness of Educational Nursing Strategies on Nurse’s Knowledge and Skills regarding Traumatic Head Injury in Children

Abstract

Traumatic head injury is a pressing public health problem leading to disability and death in children and adolescents worldwide. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of educational nursing strategies on nurse’s knowledge and skills regarding traumatic head injury in children. Setting: The study was conducted in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department at Birket El Sabah Central Hospital, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Methods:  A quasi-experimental design was carried out for this study (pre/post & follow-up). A convenience sample of 40 nurses provided direct nursing care to the children with traumatic head injury in the above-mentioned setting was selected from February to October 2019. Two tools were used for data collection, tool one: A structured interviewing questionnaires, it consisted of 7 sections to assess nurses' knowledge. Tool two: An observational checklist to assess the nurses’ practice of the Glasgow coma scale. Results: The results of this study revealed that there was a high statistical significance difference between pre, post and follow up tests regarding nurses’ knowledge and skills of children with traumatic brain injury at 1% level of statistical significance. Conclusion, Implementation of educational nursing strategies improved nurses' knowledge and skills while managing children with traumatic head injury. Recommendation, Continuous educational programs should be scheduled on a constant base for nurses' about traumatic brain injury to enhance children’s quality of care and improve their outcome. Keywords: Educational nursing strategies, Nurses, Knowledge, Skills, Children, Traumatic head injury DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/69-12 Publication date: December 31st 201