Lumbar Puncture: Nurses` Knowledge, Practice and Patients’ Satisfaction with Nursing Care

Abstract

Background: Patients`Patients`satisfaction with nursing care provided is a good indicator for improving quality of care. Aims: Assess nurses`nurses`knowledge and practice regarding lumbar puncture and investigate patients' satisfaction with nursing care pre and post application of nursing instructions brochure. Research design: Quasi-experimental. Subjects and methods: All available nurses (22) in neurosurgery department at Assiut Neurological, Psychiatric and Neurosurgery University Hospital. Also, a sample of 60 adult patients undergoing lumbar puncture was included and divided into two groups (A and B). Group A (30 patients before application of nursing instructions brochure) and group B (30 patients after application of nursing instructions brochure). Nurses' knowledge and practice were assessed before and after application of the nursing instructions brochure. Tools: Structured questionnaire to assess nurses`nurses`demographic data and knowledge, observation checklist for nurses` nurses`practice, patients' satisfaction with nursing care scale and nursing instructions brochure for nurses. Results: Highly significant differences were found as regarding nurses`nurses`knowledge and nurses`nurses`practice pre and post application of the nursing instructions brochure. Significant difference was found between groups (A and B) regarding patients' satisfaction with nursing care. Conclusion: Nursing instructions brochure had a significant effect on improving patients`patients`satisfaction with nursing care. Recommendation: Patients`Patients`satisfaction with nursing care should assess periodically in every care settings.