Effect of conducting clinical nursing round training program for head nurses on their clinical round performance

Abstract

Background: Clinical rounds are complex clinical activities, critical to providing high-quality, safe care for patients in a timely, relevant manner. It offers opportunities for effective communication, information sharing and joint learning through active participation of all members of the multidisciplinary team. Aim: The present study aimed to assess the effect of conducting clinical nursing round training program for head nurses on their clinical round performance. Design: A quasi-experimental pre-posttest design was used to achieve the aim of the present study. Sample: A convenient sample of all head nurses (n= 23), who are agreed to participate in the study was included in the . Setting: The study was conducted at departments of the new obstetric and midwifery hospital at Kaser El-Aini.Tool: one tool was used; clinical round performance checklist. result: the was a highly statistically significant difference between pre intervention and post intervention regarding to most items of nursing clinical round after attending the training program. Recommendation: Based on the study results the following were recommended applying training program for head nurses into wider scales.