Nurses’ knowledge regarding Teaching Patients Home Care of Stoma at Omdurman Teaching Hospital Sudan (2022)

Background: Colostomy is exteriorization of part of the colon to the anterior abdominal wall. Patient education plays a key role in the treatment and management of stoma problems, so supporting and educating patients and their families during and after surgery is essential for living a stoma-friendly life.Aim: This study aimed to study nurse’s knowledge regarding teaching of patients about stoma care. Methodology: This is a descriptive hospital-based study conducted at Omdurman teaching hospital. The targeted populations were all nurses working in general surgical word (30). A designed structured, self-administered close ended questionnaire was used to collect the data from study subjects and data analysed by using computer statistical package of social sciences program and presented in form of frequency and percentage. Results: study revealed that, most of participants was a female (60%) and didn’t receive any training course about stoma care. The total level of participants’ knowledge was poor (47.9%).Conclusion: The study concluded that, the participant’s total knowledge was poor. On other hand the majority of participants didn’t receive any training course about stoma care. So, study recommends that, encouragement of in- service training program, continuous professional developmental program to be introduced and developing current stoma care guidelines. Keywords: Nurses knowledge, patient teaching, stoma care, colostomy, Sudan.