Background: Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acquired inflammatory polyneuropathy characterized by rapidly progressive symmetrical flaccid limb weakness and a reflexia.
Design.A quasi-experimental design was used to guide this study. The study included a sample of 30 nurses who work at pediatric intensive care and neurology unit in Assuit University Children Hospital. Data were collected using a questionnaire and an observation checklist, used in pre-post testing to measure the effectiveness of the training program among nurses.
Results:The study revealed deficiency in pre-intervention nurses' knowledge and practices. Statistically significant improvements on knowledge and practices were demonstrated at the post-intervention time for the studied nurses. Statistically significant relations were shown between knowledge and practices among studied nurses.
Conclusion:Implementation of the training program significantly improved nurses' knowledge and practice. More experienced and aged nurses had better knowledge.