Nurses' Performance of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients during Golden Hour of Care

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1 Nursing Specialist in Healthy Assurance Clinics in Police Hospital, Assuit, Egypt.

2 Assistant Professor of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

3 Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Egypt.

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Background: About over a million visits per year, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent presentation in emergency rooms. Aim of the study: To assess nurses' performance of traumatic brain injury patients during golden hours of care. Research design: A descriptive exploratory research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at El Mobara Hospital and Assiut University Hospital in Emergency Department of Trauma. Sample: The study subjects were included a convenience sampling of all critical care nurses who works in the previous mentioned setting. Tools: Two tools were used in this study. Tool one: Nurses Knowledge self-administer tool which divided into two parts as Part I: Demographic characteristics of the nurses and Part II: Nurses’ Knowledge regarding trauma patients during golden hour of care. Tool two: Nurses' practice observational checklist. Results: It was found that the total level score of nurse`s knowledge regarding the care of traumatic brain injury was about 70.9 % the most nurses had good knowledge, 67.28 % from nurses had satisfactory level. The rewash a relation between the total score levels with p. value of 0.019*. Conclusion: The most of nurses having good knowledge, and satisfactory level of practice and there was relation between the both total score levels. Recommendations: Improving the quality care of the traumatic brain injury in ICU through providing training programme for nurses.

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