EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSE LED DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HOME CARE MANAGEMENT AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN BEING DISCHARGED AFTER SURGERY

Abstract

Introduction: Children are regularly receiving surgical repair for congenital disorder's and other problems which cannot be treated by the medical management. For the parents of those children undergone corrective surgery, more in-depth educational sessions are required to enable them to recognize and anticipate the complications so as to manage their child effectively at home. Methodology - A Quasi experimental research design was used among 60 parents of children by purposive sampling technique. A Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess knowledge of parents regarding home care management. Analysis was performed in SPSS version 16 using frequency and percentage; mean, SD, an unpaired t-test, chi-square test, and Fisher exact test. Result – The study ndings revealed that there is signicant improvement in knowledge of subjects (-9.343, p<0.05) which proves that the nurse led discharge instructions was effective in improving the knowledge of parents regarding home care management. The study ndings also reveal that there was no signicant association of post-test knowledge with selective socio-demographical variables Conclusion- The present study point out the nurse led discharge instructions on knowledge regarding home care management being discharged after surgery was effective in increasing knowledge of parents