Effect of Educational Guidelines on Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Cesarean Section Site Infection in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effect of educational Guidelines on the knowledge and practice of nurses regarding cesarean section site infection.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tertiary Care Hospital, Pakistan from December 2021 to April 2022.

Materials and Methods: Thirty six registered nurses were selected by convenience sampling from tertiary care hospital Lahore according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate the pre-post data that contained 25 MCQ-based knowledge questions and 25 items containing like rt scale were used to assess the level of practice of nurses before and after guidelines-based educational intervention.

Results: A positive effect of educational guidelines on improving the knowledge and practice of nurses about cesarean section site infection (7.16±2.11; 52.61±7.73) (19.72±2.30; 92.08±4.52) in post-test respectively with a statistically significant p-value (P-value <0.001).

Conclusion: The education of nurses by educational guidelines has a significant effect on improving nurses’ knowledge and practice about cesarean section site infection.