![]() | Only 14 pages are availabe for public view |
Abstract The vascular catheters uses is common in both inpatient and outpatient care that play an integral role in modern health care and are of great clinical value for supporting patient’s status. Nursing management of peripheral vascular lines is important. A Comprehensive understanding of the procedure has a great value in order to reduce the complications arising from peripheral vascular lines. All staff must be aware of all aspect of care and the principles of safe insertion, injection, dressing change & flushing procedure. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational program on nurses’ performance regarding management of patients undergoing peripheral vascular access. Research design, quasi- experimental design was utilized to conduct the study at Al-Azhar university hospital in Damietta. The sample size was 50 nurses. Tools: Two tools were used for data collections were structured interview sheet to assess nurses’ knowledge regarding management of patients undergoing peripheral vascular access and observational checklist for their Practice. The Results: there was statistically significant difference in nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding management of patients undergoing peripheral vascular access between pre and immediately post program implementation. There were statistically significant fair negative correlation between total nurses’ knowledge score pre educational program implementation and their total practices score immediately post educational program. Conclusion: The educational program improved nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding peripheral vascular access. |