Effectiveness of Educational Program on Nurses’ Performance toward Sustainable Development and Green Practice in Intensive Care Unit

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1 Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University.

2 Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University.

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Background: Green practices by nurses can directly protect the ICU environment and attain sustainability by conserving energy and resources. Aim: was to evaluate effectiveness of educational program on nurses’ performance toward sustainable development and green practice in intensive care unit. Design: A quasi-experimental study design (pre/post-test) was used to fulfill the study aim. Setting: The study was carried out in intensive care unit, Benha University Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample of seventy nurses in the intensive care unit were recruited in the research. Tools: three tools were employed: Tool I. Self-administered Questionnaire, it includes two parts; 1): Nurses' personal data, 2) Nurses' knowledge assessment. Tool II: Nurses' sustainability and green practices observational check list. Tool III: Nurses’ attitude assessment scale toward sustainability and green practice.  Results: illustrated that 62.9%, 58.6% of the nurses under the study had satisfactory level of total knowledge about sustainable development and green practice respectively at immediate post-program implementation and post one-month in the intensive care unit in contrast 8.6% prior to the program at p ˂ 0.05. Moreover 68.6%, 65.7% of the nurses had satisfactory level of total practice respectively at immediate post, and Post one-month of program implementation and there was a significant improvement in mean scores of their attitude post-program implementation compared to pre-program at (p ˂ 0.05). Conclusion: the results demonstrated that the educational program effectively improved knowledge and practice of the nurses toward sustainable development and green practices respectively in the intensive care unit than before. Moreover, nurses’ attitude toward sustainability and green practice was significantly and positively improved than before the educational program implementation. Recommendations: Encourage conducting research for environmental sustainability and green practice in the ICU, which aim to decrease the passive effects of the environment on ICU practices.

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