Effects of Program Nursing Care for Head Injury Patients on Knowledge and Health Care Behavior of Nurses in Nong Prue Hospital

Authors

  • Saipin Kriangkrai Nong Prue Hospital

Keywords:

Nursing program, Head injury, care behaviors

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a nursing program for patients with head injuries on nurses’ knowledge and care behaviors at Nong Prue Hospital. Specifically, the study aimed to compare nurses’ mean scores of knowledge about head injuries and care behaviors before and after participating in the program.

Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental research design with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of 27 professional nurses at Nong Prue Hospital, with data collected in December 2024. The participants underwent a nursing program for patients with head injuries, developed based on Nutbeam’s (2009) health literacy model. The research instruments included the nursing program, a knowledge test about nursing care for patients with head injuries, and a care behaviors assessment tool. The reliability of the instruments was 0.82 and 0.87, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a paired t-test to evaluate pretest and posttest differences.

Results: After participating in the program, the professional nurses who received the nursing care program for patients with head injuries had a significantly higher mean score of knowledge regarding head injuries and a significantly higher mean score of caregiving behaviors for patients with head injuries compared to before participating in the program (p-value< .05).

Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that the developed nursing care program for patients with head injury was effective in significantly enhancing the knowledge and caregiving behaviors of professional nurses.

Keywords: Nursing program, Head injury, care behaviors

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Published

2025-05-02

How to Cite

เกรียงไกร สายพิน. 2025. “Effects of Program Nursing Care for Head Injury Patients on Knowledge and Health Care Behavior of Nurses in Nong Prue Hospital”. Region 3 Medical and Public Health Journal - วารสารวิชาการแพทย์และสาธารณสุข เขตสุขภาพที่ 3 22 (2). Nakhonsawan Thailand:80-86. https://thaidj.org/index.php/smj/article/view/16268.

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