Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge and Practices regarding Children with Acute Pancreatitis.

Zidan, Samah Mohammed Abd ELWahed; Farag, Nagafa Hafez; El Sayed., Zeinab El Sayed Hafez

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2025.434605

Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge and Practices regarding Children with Acute Pancreatitis.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1Nursing Specialist at Kafer Elsheikh University Hospital, Egypt. 2 Master student at Paediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

² Assistant Prof. of Paediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2025.434605

Abstract

Background Acute pancreatitis is an emerging problem in pediatrics, with most
cases resolving spontaneously. It is characterized by inflammation of the pancreas,
the presence of interstitial edema, infiltration, necrosis and haemorrhage. The study
aim was to asses nurses' knowledge and practice regarding children with acute
pancreatitis. Design: A descriptive research design was utilized Subjects: All nurses
(79) who were working in Paediatric Medical Department of Tanta Main University
Hospital and (51) from Paediatric Department and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of
Kafer-Elsheikh University Hospital. Tools: two tools were utilized. Tool I:
knowledge Structured questionnaire. Tool II: Observational Checklist about nurses'
practice regarding acute pancreatitis. Results: nearly two thirds of the studied nurses
had high level of knowledge about acute pancreatitis, while more than three quarters
of them had satisfactory practice level. Conclusion: pediatric nurses had high level
of knowledge and satisfactory level of practice regarding acute pancreatitis in
children. Recommendations: Implementing regular and continuous educational
program about children's acute pancreatitis to increase nurses' knowledge and
practice for those children. Keywords: Acute Pancreatitis, Assessment, Children,
Nurses and Practices.