Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses’ Knowledge toward Burn Management

Authors

  • Hawraa Razzaq Kadhim1 , Rajha Abdul Hassan Hamza2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.2129

Keywords:

Educational program; nurses; knowledge; burn management.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses’ knowledge toward burn
management and To identify the relationship between nurses’ knowledge toward burn management and
their socio-demographic data. Methodology: ‘’quasi-experimental’’ loaded out to accomplish the golas of
the study consisting of (40) nurses at specialized burn center in Al-Najaf City/Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Health
Directorate from October 6th, 2019 to August 23nd, 2020. Results: the study show that there are highly
significant differences in the nurses ’knowledge between the study and control groups in the post-test and
the program was positive for the nurses ’knowledge about burn care and that there was a good improvement
in the nurses’ knowledge between pre and post test.

Author Biography

  • Hawraa Razzaq Kadhim1 , Rajha Abdul Hassan Hamza2

    1M.Sc. in Nursing, Department of Adult Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq,
    2Ph.D. in Adult Nursing, Dean of Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq

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Published

2020-11-18

How to Cite

Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses’ Knowledge toward Burn Management. (2020). Medico Legal Update, 20(4), 1943-1948. https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.2129