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Abstract
Effective postoperative discomfort treatment is an essential component to good quality of care, nursing a patient in discomfort is a challenging task requiring up-to-date knowledge, skilled interventions and attitudes that convey trust. Aim: Assess nurses’ performance regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair. Subjects and Method: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the surgical units in port said city Hospitals (El-Zohoor Hospital and Port Said General Hospital) and Damietta Hospital. Subjects: Convenient sample was used Nurses ’number (60) nurses’. Tools: Data were collected using three tools, Nurses’ Knowledge questionnaire, observational check list for nurses’ practice and Nurses’ attitude scale toward postoperative discomfort. Result: The result of study indicated that71.7% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge, 83.3 % had satisfactory practice, 66.7% of them had negative attitude regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair. Conclusion: Most of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge while majority of them had satisfactory practice and more than two third of studied nurses had negative attitude. Recommendations: There are obvious needs for conducted an in-service educational and training programs to improve nurses’ knowledge, practice and attitude regarding postoperative discomfort among patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair.