Effectiveness of an instructional program on nurse’s knowledge and practice concerning patients discharge planning post cardiac surgery at cardiac centers and hospitals in Baghdad city

The study aims to determine the effectiveness of an Instructional program on nurse’s knowledge and practices concerning patients discharge planning post cardiac surgery, and to find out the relationship between the effectiveness of program with age, gender, marital status, level of education, years of experience and training course. A quasi-experimental design study was carried out at cardiac centers and hospitals in baghdad city in the surgical wards, for the period of January, 2^nd, 2017, to June 1^st, 2018, The study samples are composed of (58) nurses who have been working in the surgical wards of Ibn Al-Bitar specialized center for cardiac surgery; Iraqi center for heart disease and Ibn al nafees hospital, those nurses are divided equally into the study group (29) and control group (29). Nurses who participated in education program demonstrated a greater knowledge level than the control groups in relation to general information, follow up, wounds care, exercise program and daily activity, common health problems, medication, nutrition and risk factor modification. Effectiveness of educational program regarding nurse’s practice toward patients’ discharge of planning had a positive effect on nurse’s practice as compare with control group in relation to all discharge planning domains.