Effect Of An Educational Program Regarding Care Of Venous Leg Ulcer On Nurses' Performance

Abstract

Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are a major cause of morbidity and decreased health‐related quality of life..Education in the practice environment is a main component of nursing programs throughout the world and is at the core of vocational education.The purpose of this study was toevaluate the effect of an educational program regarding care of venous leg ulcer on nurses' performancein general surgical units and outpatient clinic at El-Mansoura university hospital.This study used a one-group pre-post design. Sampling using a convenient sampling technique. Two tools were used for data collection; Nurse self-administrated questionnaire andwound care observational checklist. Results of the study revealed a statistically significant improvement in nurses ’knowledge and practice regarding VLU care after implementing educational program with (P-value = 0.000 and 0.000 respectively).This study concludes that there is an improvement in nurses' knowledge and practice after implementing the educational program