RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Knowledge Change of Nurses Regarding Children with Moderate-to-severe Dehydration under Five Years
Mohammed Ismael Ibrahim1, *, Nizar Bakir Yahya2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2023Volume: 17
E-location ID: e187443462308010
Publisher ID: e187443462308010
DOI: 10.2174/18744346-v17-230829-2023-71
Article History:
Received Date: 02/05/2023Revision Received Date: 05/07/2023
Acceptance Date: 07/07/2023
Electronic publication date: 31/08/2023
Collection year: 2023
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
Dehydration is a major factor in both illness and mortality among children under five years old. The health of children is negatively impacted when nursing care lacks attention to dehydration.
Objectives:
We aimed to examine the effectiveness of a nursing education program on nurses' knowledge regarding the management of moderately to severely dehydrated children under the age of five.
Materials and Methods:
A quasi-experimental study design, which included the request for pre-test and post-test procedures for the experimental and control groups in Kurdistan Region. Using 48 nurses as non-probability purposeful participants, the samples were divided into two groups: the study group, which included 24 nurses, was exposed to an educational program; the control group, which included 24 nurses, was not exposed to the educational program. The information was gathered between March 6, 2022, and June 12, 2022.
Results:
The study findings revealed that the mean scores of nurses' knowledge in the control group were 26.75, 26.58, and 27.63 for the pre-test, post-test 1, and post-test 2, respectively, indicating an inadequate level of knowledge. On the other hand, the mean score of nurses' knowledge in the experimental group was 27.58 during the pre-test. After implementing the educational program, the results showed an improvement, with mean scores of 37.13 and 36.54 for post-tests 1 and 2, respectively. Additionally, a significant number of nurses in the experimental group demonstrated good knowledge levels.
Conclusion:
This study demonstrates that an educational program effectively enhances nurses' knowledge regarding managing dehydration in children.
