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Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an instructional program on nurses’ knowledge concerning preparation of patients for gastro-colonoscopy. Methodology: A quazi-experimental study was carried out at endoscopy units in Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital at AlNasiriyah City starting from (27 September 2016) to (15 May 2017). A purposive (non-probability) sample of 50 nurses was divided into two groups, case group consisted of 25 nurses who exposed to instructional program and control group consisted of 25 nurses were not exposed to the program on nurses who working in Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital. The questionnaire consists of two parts, the first part is related to sociodemographic data of nurses which as 8 items and the second part is related to nurses’ knowledge which consists of 11 domains dealing 91 items. A descriptive statistical analysis was applied (frequency, and percentage) and inferential analysis (ANOVA) were used to analysis the data. Results: The findings of the present study indicated that the nurses knowledge for case group which exposed to instructional program were improved at post test for all domains which as 53.6% of nurses responses was wrong at pre test to 70.8% write answer , there were no statistically significant differences between nurses’ knowledge and level of education, and there were significant relationships between effectiveness of instructional program on case group and their experiences of them in nursing field and their experiences in endoscopy unit. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was effectiveness of instructional program on nurses Knowledge concerning Preparation of Patients for Gastro-colonoscopy in Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital at AlNasiriyah City. Recommendations: The study recommends great emphasis should be directed toward the educational aspects at endoscopy unit by providing educational posters, guidelines, pamphlets and manuals, encourage engaging nurses by ministry of health for training course concerning preparation of patients for endoscopy, and activating the promotion law through the participation of nurses in continuing education courses.

iosr journal of nursing and health science

Effectiveness of an Instructional Program on Nurses' Knowledge concerning Preparation of Patients for Gastro-colonoscopy in AlHussein Teaching Hospital at Al- Nasiriyah City