THE EFFECT OF ENTERAL NUTRITION EDUCATION GIVEN TO INTENSIVE CARE NURSES ON THEIR LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

This research was experimentally designed as a pre-test and post-test in order to determine the effect of enteral nutrition education given to intensive care nurses on their knowledge levels. The study was conducted with 100 nurses working in the intensive care units of a training and research hospital. Before training (pre-test), it was determined that the mean knowledge score of the nurses was 42.04±22.55. It was determined that it increased to 80.12±12.51 after training (post-test) and this score difference was statistically significant at an advanced level (p<0.001). In addition, post-training knowledge score averages increased in all groups. The increase in nurses' knowledge scores for each sub-dimension of the test is statistically significant. Based on these results, it is recommended to develop nurses with in-service training programs on enteral nutrition and nursing care and to keep the information up-to-date by periodically repeating the training.