Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to examine the effect of intestinal stoma care training on the knowledge and skill levels of pediatric surgery nurses in stoma care and to determine the factors affecting the knowledge and skill levels of pediatric surgery nurses in stoma care.

Materials and methods: This quasi-experimental prospective study included 30 nurses (28 females, 2 males; mean age: 33.0±7.5 years; range, 23 to 46 years) working in pediatric surgery clinics who met the inclusion criteria between September 2023 and January 2024. A pediatric intestinal stoma care training was given to the nurses using a 20-min video prepared by the researchers. Data were collected by using a sociodemographic survey and a pediatric stoma care knowledge and skills survey developed by the researchers. The knowledge and skill levels of the nurses before and after the training and after three months were compared.

Results: It was found that the pediatric intestinal stoma care training increased the knowledge and skill levels of the nurses. There was a difference between the mean number of practiced skills of nurses working only during the day and nurses working only at night before the training, and this difference was found to be statistically significant.

Conclusion: Increasing the knowledge and skill levels of nurses about stoma care could decrease the risk of complications and the duration of hospitalization, ensure cost-effective care, and support the national economy in this direction.

Citation: Eray T, Hepşengil DZ, Yıldız Gündüz T, Ardahan Akgül E. The effect of intestinal stoma care training on knowledge and skill levels of pediatric surgery nurses. Turkish J Ped Surg 2024;38(2):52-61. doi: 10.62114/JTAPS.2024.38.

The study protocol was approved by the İzmir Katip Çelebi University NonInterventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (date: 24.11.2022, no: 0644). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Written informed consent was obtained from 30 nurses working in pediatric surgery clinics who met the inclusion criteria.

Data Sharing Statement:
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Conceptualization, funding acquisition, investigation, resources, software, visualization, roles/writing - original draft: T.E., D.Z.H., T.Y.G., E.A.A.; Data curation: T.E., D.Z.H., T.Y.G.; Formal analysis, methodology, project administration, writing - review & editing, supervision, validation: E.A.A. All authors have reviewed and approved of the article before submission.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

This study was funded by TUBITAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program.