Effect of Nursing Teaching Protocol on Knowledge and Satisfaction for Patients Undergoing Hip Joint Replacement

Abstract

Hip joint replacement (HJR) is a common surgical treatment for hip joint diseases. The successful recovery post hip replacement surgery requires effective pre and postoperative nursing teaching and increase patient satisfaction. Aim: to evaluate the effect of nursing teaching protocol on knowledge and satisfaction for patients undergoing hip joint replacement. Patients and Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was used for a sample of 60 adult male and female patients who attended the trauma department, age ranged from 20-65 years old, undergoing hip joint replacement. They were randomly into two groups by using a shuffled deck of cards (even number = control group, odd number = study group). Thirty patients for each group. Nursing teaching protocol was applied to the study group (teaching booklet) while control group received routine hospital care. Tools: (I) Patient assessment sheet and (II) Surgical satisfaction questionnaire. Results: A high percentage of study group were have satisfactory knowledge and good surgical satisfaction score level after implementation of nursing teaching protocol (70% and 66.7% respectively). There was statistically significant difference between patients in study and control groups regarding patients’ knowledge and patients’ satisfaction during follow up after two weeks and three months (p.value=0.001). Conclusion: Application of nursing teaching protocol showed significant effect in increasing patients’ knowledge and patients’ satisfaction. Recommendations: To achieve the best patient outcomes, nurses must provide nursing teaching booklet for patients and should be accessible in the trauma department for those patients.