The Effect of a Guideline-Based Training Program on the Knowledge Level of Rehabilitation Nurses About Intermittent Catheterization: A Pretest–Posttest Study

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of an educational program, based on the 2024 European Association of Urology Nurses guidelines, on the knowledge level of rehabilitation nurses regarding intermittent catheterization (IC). DESIGN: Single-group pretest-post-test quasi-experimental study. METHOD: Twenty-one rehabilitation nurses from a tertiary-level rehabilitation centre in Turkey participated in a 60-min single face-to-face training session (lecture) based on the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) 2024 guideline Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a 20-item IC knowledge test. Pretest and post-test scores were compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS: The 21 participants (100% female; mean professional experience 17.95±9.61 years) showed a significant increase in knowledge scores (pretest: 14.04±1.65; post-test: 18.61±1.88; P