Nurses’ Performance Regarding Care of Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation

Background: Kidney transplantation is a safe and successful surgical strategy consisting of the removal of a healthy kidney from donor to recipient, to maintain lost, ineffective kidney functions. The aim of this study was to assess nurses' performance regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation. Research design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: the study was conducted at kidney transplantation unit, operation unit and intensive care unit at Special Ain-Shams Hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of 80 nurses were included in the study. Tools: Tool I: Self-administered interview questionnaire: included two parts. Part 1: demographic characteristics of studied nurses, Part 2: Studied nurses' knowledge regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantations. Tool II: Observational checklist of studied nurses' practices regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantations. Results: The study findings showed that 48.75% of the studied nurses had satisfactory total knowledge regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation, while, 51.25% had unsatisfactory total knowledge. 43.7% of the studied nurses had competent scores of total practices regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation and 56.3% had incompetent scores of practices. Conclusion: The present study showed that slightly more than half of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory total level of knowledge regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation and more than half had incompetent total level of practices regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation. Recommendations: Continuous educational programs for nurses for updates their knowledge and practices regarding care of patients undergoing renal transplantation.