The Effect of Educational Workshop on Nurse Interns toward Setting Priority of Nursing Care at Zigzag University Hospital in Egypt

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The Effect of Educational Workshop on Nurse Interns toward Setting Priority of Nursing Care at Zigzag University Hospital in Egypt

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4

Abstract

Setting priority of nursing care is important because outcomes from hospitals have significant implications for health care costs and outcomes in the health system as a whole. Accordingly, the internship period is an opportunity for student nurse interns to apply theoretical knowledge to the clinical setting, enhancing interpersonal skill, and observing clinical area to be a competent one. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational workshop on nurse interns perception and skills toward setting priority of nursing care and identify the time waster affecting application of setting priority at Zagazig University Hospital. Design: Quasi-experimental design with three periods of data collection: a pre-test and two post-test periods. Setting: the faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University and Zagazig University hospitals, Egypt. Sample: A convenience sample of (70) nurse interns who were invited to attend a two-day workshop was used. Tools: Three tools were used: Personal characteristics form; self-constructed questionnaire based on setting priority perception scale and time wasters questionnaire; setting priority observation checklist. Results: The most of nurse interns (85.8%)they were female and common academic grade was very good, there were increase in total mean scores of nurse intern’s perception related to assessment, analyzing, out comes, planning, implementing and evaluating of setting priority were low in the pretest compared with the total mean scores in the post test and follow-up test, there were statistically significant improvement in ability to carry out all steps of setting priority of nursing care at (P<0.001) and the majority of nurse interns reported that the major time wasters always affecting application of setting priority were; spending too much time on low priority matters, everything is urgent, inability to say “no” to extra work (70.0%, 70.0%, 70.0% respectively ). Conclusion: education workshop was useful to improve the levels of nurse interns perception and develop skills concerning setting priority of nursing care, which all nurse interns 100% achieved high awareness about setting priority in the post period which continued to the follow up. Recommendations: More advanced workshop and training are warranted to expand learning managerial and clinical skill to become competent nurse interns. Future. studies should link nurse interns with patients' outcomes.

Authors and Affiliations

Manal S. Moustafa Saleh

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EP ID EP436436
DOI 10.9790/1959-0704056774.
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