Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured educational intervention on nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding preoperative care at a tertiary hospital in Sudan.
Methodology: This quasi-experimental, single-group pre–post design included 130 surgical nurses at Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, from October 2022 and July 2023. The intervention comprised nine one-hour lectures and twelve three-hour practical sessions over three months. Data were collected using a validated knowledge questionnaire (8 items; Cronbach’s α=0.78; CVI=0.85) and an observational checklist (29 items; inter-rater κ=0.82). The data were analyzed using paired t-tests; binary practice items were analyzed using McNemar’s test with Bonferroni correction.
Results: Pre-intervention, 86.9% of nurses had low knowledge (mean 1.87±0.48), and all 29 practice items showed low compliance (
Key words: Preoperative care, nursing education, surgical safety, patient safety, quality improvement, Sudan.
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