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RMJ. 2023; 48(4): 881-884


Effectiveness of a clinical pathway program on nurses` practices for the child with clubfoot at the Orthopedic units at Baghdad City, Iraq

Raad Hassan Kshaish, Khalida A. Mansur.




Abstract

Objective: To assess the nurses' practice working in the orthopedic units towards care the children with clubfoot and to find the relationship between the nurses' practices and their demographic characteristics.
Methodology: This experimental study was conducted from 10th of September 2022 to 10th of January 2023 at five teaching hospitals of Baghdad. A non-probability sample had 40 nurses was included in the study. A clinical pathway was used with several domains
Results: Most of the nurses were females (70%), and 40% of them were within the age group 30-40 years and 57.4% had a diploma in nursing. Most were at moderate level before the pathway but improved after the pathway.
Conclusion: Nurses' practices improved after applying the clinical pathway program. There was no statistically significant relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics with their nurses' practice.

Key words: Effectiveness, clinical pathway program, clubfoot, child, nurses’ practices, orthopedic units.






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