Effects of Educational Program on Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Care of Patients with Hip Fracture in White Nile State Governmental Hospitals and Omdurman Military

Abstract

Background: Hip fractures are common injuries affecting the proximal femur of hip joint. In Sudan, hip fracture remains a huge problem and concerns many Sudanese families the costs of her surgeries are very expensive, and they depletes country a lot of resources, and it is causes are due to road traffic accident and gunshots among the military . The Nurses are playing vital role regarding care of patient with hip fracture through over caring. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on nurses' knowledge regard care of patient with hip fracture. Objective: To outline the effects of educational program on nurses’ knowledge regarding care of patients with hip fracture in White Nile State Governmental Hospital and Omdurman Military Hospital. Materials and Methods: A Quasi-experimental study was done for nurses (N=70), whom they are work in White Nile governmental hospitals and Omdurman military hospital. Selection was done purposive total coverage; knowledge of nurses was assessed by structural questionnair222\e. The collected data was analyzed by (SPSS) version 24. Results: Most of study sample has moderate knowledge by 52% with mean and standard deviation (67.3 += 19.4) in pretest and improved to become good knowledgeable after intervention of the program by 72% with mean and standard deviation (78.3 += 13.1). 67.1% don’t receive any training program regard hip fracture so the study group had moderate knowledge .the study found significant statistical association between knowledge pre and post program by p value (0.00) also the study found there is no significant statistical association between knowledge and years of experience by p value (0.216). Conclusion: The study indicated that the educational programs were effective in increasing knowledge of study group. Keywords: Educational program, Intervention, Nurses, Knowledge, Hip fracture. Introduction Hip fracture poses a significant global challenge both to healthcare systems and to patients themselves. There were 1.31 million hip fractures in 1990, a figure predi