Evaluation of an Instructional Program on Nurses' Knowledge of the Pediatric Postural Drainage Guidelines

Abstract

The objective: to evaluate how well nurses at Mosul hospitals have knowledge of the pediatric postural drainage guidelines as a result of an educational program.

The Methodology: From September 5, 2023, to March 17, 2024, pediatric wards in Mosul hospitals conducted a study of quasiexperimental by a single study group. Using the purposive sample of non-probability for current research. The sample consisted of thirty nurses who were employed in pediatric wards. In order to evaluate program on knowledge of nurses', lectures of program also questionnaire were created and complete obtainable to nurses. The program comprised 5 lectures, and the questionnaire was separated into 2 sections: the first portion asked about demographics, while the second half assessed the nurses' knowledge of the pediatric postural drainage guidelines. A group of experts (17) who defined the construct and content clarity conducted the validity test. So as to statistically estimate the dependability instruments, pilot study was conducted during October 23–24, 2023. Ten nurses are employed non-randomly at the Ibn Al-Atheer Teaching Hospital. The Cronbach's alpha value obtained with SPSS version 26 is 0.805.

The results illustrate the statistical knowledge of nurses for the sample with regard to the pediatric postural drainage guidelines. They indicate that all areas of the nurses' knowledge were at an unsatisfactory or fail level in the pre-test but at a good or excellent level in the post-test.

The Recommendations: The significant link between a nurse's knowledge of pediatric postural drainage guidelines and the outcomes of the instructional program is evidence of this.