Impact of Educational Program on Nurses’ Knowledge toward Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Mosul Teaching Hospitals

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a common surgery to treat coronary artery diseasewhich is the leading reason of death in advanced countries. It involves a section of a vein or an artery toproduce a connection (or bypass) between the aorta and the coronary artery beyond the obstruction.Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the nurses’ knowledge toward CABG, to identifythe impact of the educational program, and to determine the relation between nurses’ knowledge and theirdemographical characteristic.Method: A quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of educational programon nurses’ knowledge regarding to CABG. A non-probability purposive sample consisting of (40) nurses.The samples were divided into two equal groups (study and control). An educational program was focusto administer for the study group. All participants completed a self-administered instruments at pre andpost-tests. The assessment was carried out during the period from 17th of January, 2018 to 4th of May, 2018.The Instrument validity was determined through content validity, by a panel of experts.Reliability of theinstrument was determined through the use of test- retest approach.Results: The results revealed that the mean post- test knowledge scores in the study group were significantlyhigher than mean pre- test knowledge score.Conclusion: The study concluded that the educational program had great effective on emerging andenhancing nurses› knowledge regarding CABG.