Background: Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is a pandemic illness that is especially common in health-care setting, nurses' educational institution must take efforts to protect themselves and others throughout the outbreak by preventing, isolating, and caring for infected Covid-19 patients. As a result, a high-quality nursing education program positive improve the quality of nursing care. Aim: To investigate effect of nursing educational program on Nurses′ knowledge and practices regarding pandemic Covid-19 in isolation Unit and chest department. Study design: Quasiexperimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in isolation unit and chest department at Assiut University Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample of all available nurses working in isolation unit and chest department (30 nurses). Tools: Two tools were used for data collection, Tool (I): Critical care nurses' knowledge assessment questionnaire sheet, Tool (II). Critical care nurse's practices observation checklist tool. Results: the two stated research hypotheses can be supported with (p value<0.001** ), nurses' total knowledge and total practices respectively should an improvement post educational program implementation and a positive correlation were found between them with (r =0.370 p value =0.044**). Conclusion: Application of educational program had statistically significant effect on knowledge and practices of nurses regarding caring of covid-19 patient. Recommendation: In-service training program for nurses are needed to keep their knowledge and practices up to date on the management of covid-19 patients.
Emotional intelligence enables critical care nurses to be aware of self and others including patients' emotions result in patients' satisfaction and improved quality of care. The current study aims to determine effectiveness of nurses' emotional intelligence training on quality of nursing care for critically ill patients. Design: quasi experimental research design was used. Setting: General ICU, emergency unit, and coronary care unit at Sohag University Hospital. Sample: First group is: convenient sample of 70 nurses. Second group is: 420 patients were selected into two groups' pre and post nurses training. Tools: Quick Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Patients' Perception of Quality Nursing Care Scale. Results: a highly significant relation between nurses' emotional intelligence level pre training with post training T test 3.699 at P < 0.01; a highly significant relation in patients' perception of quality nursing care T test 7.623 at P<0.01; and highly significant relation between nurses' emotional intelligence level and patients' perception of quality nursing care r = 0.767 at P<0.01. Conclusions: improvement in nurses' emotional intelligence level resulted in the improvement in the quality of nursing care. Recommendations emotional intelligence training should be introduced for critical care nurses as a basic of in-service training programs.
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