Impact Of An Educational Program For Nursing Management About Care Of Children Treated With VP Shunt In Mosul City

Abstract

Background: Hydrocephalus management present as a significant challenge for child, parents, and multidisciplinary health care team. Despite the advancements in shunt technology and neurosurgery treatment techniques, many children with hydrocephalus reported high rates of shunt failure and require shunt revision or replacement. Infants are more susceptible than older children to die as a result of shunt failure, which caused by variety of reasons such as prematurity, low birth weight, infection.

Objective of the Study: Evaluate the effectiveness of an interventional program on nurse’s knowledge and practices toward care of children treated with ventricular peritoneal shunt.

Material and Method: A pre experimental design used to evaluate the educational program about nurse's management concerning care of children treated with ventricular peritoneal shunt. The sample of the study was chosen purposively (non-probability). The study sample was (30) nurses.  The sample of the study was collected from Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital at Mosul city. Two tools were used for data collection, Part 1:- knowledge questionnaire, Part 2:- observational checklist.

Results: The results showed that total nurses' knowledge about care for children treatment with ventricular peritoneal shunt, that 53.3% (16) of the sample at Poor Knowledge level in pretest, but 90.0% (27) of the sample at Good Knowledge level in posttest 1, also 70.0% (21) of the sample at Good Knowledge level in posttest 2. With most of the sample practice in pretest at sometime level, but in posttest1 and posttest2 that most of the sample practice at always level.

Conclusion: The study most nurse’s knowledge and practices were scored at good level after application the interventional program, during the period of posttest 1 and2.