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Abstract
Learning needs during hospitalization differ from that during discharge and those during self-caring at home. Assessment of learning needs can help in responding such needs and affects patients’ lifestyle. Aim of the study: Assess learning needs for patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Study design: A descriptive research design was followed in this study. Study subjects: A convenient sample composed of 106 adult patients who met inclusion criteria were included in this study. Setting: The study was carried out at Urology and Nephrology Center- Mansoura University. Tool of the study: One tool was used for data collection. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher included two parts socio-demographic data and disease history and learning needs assessment section in four categories (knowledge regarding nature of the disease, knowledge before PCNL, knowledge after PCNL and Post discharge patients’ knowledge). Results: The result revealed that all studied PCNL patients had high learning needs in all investigated domains. There were a statistical significance relation found between patients’ learning needs and age (P= 0.050), education (P=0.001) and marital status (P=0.008). On the other hand, there were no significant relation between patients learning needs and gender (P=0.526), job (P=0.121) and Previous hospitalization (P=0.380). Conclusions: All studied PCNL patients require learning needs in all investigated domains. There were a significance relation between patients’ age, level of education and marital status and their learning needs Recommendations: Patients learning needs should be assessed by nurses constantly and progressively. Simple booklet written in Arabic language should be available for all PCNL patients included all needed information.