Mohamed, A., Mohammed, M., Abdel-Malek, M. (2023). Effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients' outcomes. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(40), 308-316. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251477.1725
Asmahan Serag Mohamed; Mona Aly Mohammed; Mohamed Omar Abdel-Malek. "Effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients' outcomes". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11, 40, 2023, 308-316. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251477.1725
Mohamed, A., Mohammed, M., Abdel-Malek, M. (2023). 'Effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients' outcomes', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(40), pp. 308-316. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251477.1725
Mohamed, A., Mohammed, M., Abdel-Malek, M. Effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients' outcomes. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2023; 11(40): 308-316. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.251477.1725
Effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients' outcomes
1Specialist Nursing in Alrajhy Liver Hospital, Assiut University, Egypt
2Professor of Critical care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
3Professor of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
Abstract
Abstract Background: Competent nurses must be able to comprehend and manage a patient's fluid and electrolyte balance in order to provide critical care. Abnormalities in these bodily fluids can have catastrophic implications. Aim: Effectiveness of an educational program about fluid, electrolyte and Acid Base disturbances among acute liver failure patients on nurses' competency and patients' outcomes. Patients and Methods: quasi-experimental research design. Participants: A convenience sample of 50 nurses working in the intensive care unit at a liver hospital and eighty patients with acute liver failure. Method: Three tools were used to collect the data: the Tool (I): Before/after knowledge estimation questionnaire and the Tool (II): Before/after observational checklist. Tool (III): was a patients' outcomes evaluation sheet used to assess the effect of an educational program on nurses' competency about fluid, electrolyte, and acid base disturbances among acute liver failure and Patients' outcomes. Results: The majority of nurses have insufficient total knowledge before the teaching program; after the teaching program, the mean score improved significantly, and patients outcomes improved. Conclusion: Implementing a teaching program leads to important progress in nurses' knowledge and acute liver failure patients' outcomes. Recommendations: continuous In–service training programs for the purpose of updating nurse`s knowledge and acute liver failure patients' outcomes.