Effectiveness of an Education Program on Nurses knowledge concerning in Nursing Management for patients with Heart Block in Kirkuk Teaching Hospitals AL-Jumaily Abid Salih Kumait1,*, Khudur Khalidah Mohammed2 1Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Kirkuk>, Iraq 2Ass. Professor, Head of Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Abid Salih Kumait AL-Jumaily. Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Kirkuk, Iraq
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract Objective The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of an educational program on Nurses’ knowledge concerning in nursing management toward heart block in Kirkuk's teaching hospitals and to identifying the relationship between the nurses’ knowledge and their demographic characteristics. A descriptive study design (quasi experimental study)was carried out at Azadi teaching hospital and Kirkuk general hospital in Kirkuk city for nursing staff who worked at CCU, RCU unit, emergency unit and internal medicine unit, from February up to May, 2018. A non-probability (purposive) sample was selected and composed of (80) Nurses. Nurses was divided into two groups, study group consisted of (40) nurses exposed to the nursing educational program and control group consisted of (40) nurses were not exposed to the program from Azadi Teaching Hospital and Kirkuk General Hospital in Kirkuk city. The program and instruments were constructed by the researcher for the purpose of the study The measurement of effectiveness of nursing educational program through the multiple choice questions includes (43) items. The study findings indicated that there were highly significant differences between pre and post tests in the study group in overall main domains related to nurses’ knowledge. Top Keywords Education Program, nursing management, Heart Block. Top |