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Assessment sleeve gastrectomy nurses' knowledge in surgical unit at Al-imam Hussein Medical city
Ismael Mohammed Alsaadi1, Reda Elfeshawy2,3, Ghassan A Washi4
1Community Health, College of Nursing, Al-Mustaqbal University, Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
Background:
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is the most common bariatric surgical and a life changing surgery which used for helping patients who are suffering from obesity for losing weight and enhance their health weight loss.
Materials And Methods:
A descriptive, cross sectional study design was conducted in Holy Karbala from 1 December 2023 until 2 February 2024 in Surgical Unit at Al-imam Hussein Medical City, 25 nurses working in surgical unit was selected purposively according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data was collected through the use of constructive questions as a structured interviewer. The data was investigated with statistical processes and using the SPSS version 25 application statistical analysis coordination.
Results:
Showed that the majority of studied sample were single female nurse at the age group ranging between (21 and 27) years old at the Mean = 27.12, standard deviation = +5.375, and about 88% from them lived in urban area and 48% of studied sampled graduated from Faculty of Nursing.
Conclusion:
Nurses' knowledge about sleeve gastrostomy was ranging between poor to moderate, and as general the total score of nurses' knowledges was poor in all domains. There was no significant association between nurses' knowledge and their demographic data. The study recommended enhancing nurses' opportunity in the surgical ward to provide updating their education to demand knowledge and skills regarding sleeve gastrectomy.
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