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Abstract
Effect of Guidelines Regarding Care of Intracranial Hypertension Patients
on Critical Care Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices
Abdelwahab Elsayed Gamall ; Shreen Abd El-moniem Ahmed2 ; Amira Mohammed Ali
Hassan3 .
1- Nursing specialist at the Technical Institute of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
2- Assist Prof. of Medical-surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
3- Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
Background: Enhancing competency in the care of patients with intercranial hypertension is
recommended to maintain nursing knowledge base and practice levels. Ongoing nursing
education regarding management of those patients is required for nurses to provide optimal
care and improve patients’ outcomes. Aim of the study: Determine the effect of guidelines
regarding care of intracranial hypertension patients on critical care nurses’ knowledge and
practices. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct the current study.
Setting: This study was conducted at the critical care units (Intensive Care Unit and NeuroCritical Care Unit) in Suez Canal University Hospitals, Sample: A purposive sample of 80
nurse was enrolled in this study from 1st of December 2021 to the end of May 2022. Tool of
data collection: two tools were used, tool )I(: a Self-administered knowledge questionnaire,
and tool )II( an observational checklist to assess nurses’ practices for caring of patients with
Intracranial hypertension. Results: There was a statistically significance differences between
pre/ post & follow up guidelines implementation regarding knowledge and practices of the
studied nurses caring for patients with intracranial hypertension. Conclusions: Educational
nursing guidelines were helpful in the improvement of knowledge and practice of the nurses’
caring for patients with intracranial hypertension. Recommendations: Implementing
orientation and periodic inservice training program for nurses regarding care of patients with
increased intracranial hypertension.