Effectiveness of an Interventional Program on Nurses` Knowledge and Practice about Oxygen Therapy in Teaching Hospitals in Al- Nasiriya City

Abstract

Methodology: A quasi-experimental study was applied with the use of a pre-posttest approach for two
groups of samples (study and control) during the period from (14 November 2020 to 20 April 2021), on a
non-probability (purposive) sample. The size of the sample was (60) nurses divided into two groups each
one contained (30) nurses as the control group and the study group
Results: Through data analysis of nurses` knowledge and practice about oxygen therapy to assess the
effectiveness of an educational program on nurses. The study shows that nurses who participated in the
educational program demonstrated a highly significant increase in their knowledge (p =0.000) when
compared to the study group and control group. And shows that nurses who participated in the educational
program demonstrated a highly significant increase in their practice (p =0.000) when compared the tests
that the study and control group at (P ≤ 0.001) when analyzed with t-test.
Conclusions: The current study's findings revealed that nurses working in critical care units, emergency
units and oncology units who were exposed to an interventional program on oxygen therapy had higher
knowledge and practice after the evaluation (posttest) as compared to before (pretest).
Recommendations: Conduct periodic training courses to improve nurses' knowledge and practices on the
administration of oxygen in all hospitals in the city of AL-Nasiriya. Continuously monitor the performance
of nurses to ensure that they practice oxygen therapy procedures correctly