Effect of Teaching Program for Nurses on Quality of Care for Brucellosis among Children in Benha Fever Hospital

Background: Brucellosis in children, "undulant fever" or "Mediterranean fever", or
"Malta fever" is a systemic infection and may present in many atypical forms, from mild to
severe acute infections in about half of the cases. Aim of the study is to assess the effect of
teaching program for nurses’ knowledge, quality of care for brucellosis among children
Research Design A quasi - experimental study was utilized. Setting: The study was
conducted in Benha Fever Hospital affiliated to Egyption Health and population minstry.
Subject: Aconvient sample of 100 nurses, all who are dealing with brucellosis cases and 36
children hospitalized with brucellosis from the previously mentioned setting during 6
months. The tools of data collection: Three tools were used for data collection, the first tool
was a structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, to assess nurses’ knowledge regarding
brucellosis.The second tool was a child health assessment sheet and the third tool was an
observational Checklist to assess nurses practice toward care of children with brucellosis.
Results : less than one third of the studied nurses had good knowledge related to total
knowledge about brucellosis pre-program implementation, while more than two thirds of
them had good knowledge post program and there was a positive statistical correlation
between total knowledge and total practice scores regarding care of children with brucellosis.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that before implementation of teaching program the studied
nurses had a deficit knowledge and inadequate performance level related to care of children
with brucellosis. Meanwhile, after the teaching program, nurses’ performance is significantly
improved that reflects the importance of continuous education for nurses working at hospital.
Recommendation: Periodical educational programs for nurses to improve nurses’
performance for care of children with brucellosis and standardized nursing guidelines about
infection control.