The effects of knowledge and skill of using discharge planning in cerebrovascular disease patients development program on knowledge and skill using discharge planning among registered nurses who worked at the inpatient department, Chawang Crown Prince Hos

Abstract

A quasi-experimental one-group pre-post-test design was used to test the effects of knowledge and skill of using discharge planning in the cerebrovascular disease patients development program on knowledge and skill using discharge planning among registered nurses working in the inpatient department, Chawang Crown Prince Hospital, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 registered nurses (RNs) who worked at the inpatient department on inclusion criteria.

The program consisted of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease and skill training for using discharge planning guidelines for patients with cerebrovascular disease. Total activities were used for individuals 2 times per person and 30 minutes each time. The programs and instruments, including the knowledge questionnaire and the skill evaluation scale, were validated by three experts equal to 0.74, 0.70, and 0.80, respectively. The reliability of the instruments was examined with thirty RNs as the same sample size consisted of 1) the knowledge questionnaire was examined with Kuder-Richardson (KR-20) equal to 0.81 and 2) the skill evaluation scale examined with interrater reliability equal to 1. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Wilcoxon Matched-pair Signed rank Test.

The findings revealed significant differences in the mean ranks of knowledge and skills of RNs who worked in the inpatient department after receiving the program (p < .01).

The results of this study are to increase the knowledge and skills of RNs working in the inpatient department about using discharge planning in cerebrovascular disease to improve the efficiency of continuous patient care.