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Abstract
Background: Epilepsy is considered one of the most common neurological diseases affecting 65 people worldwide. People with epilepsy are more likely to get injured and die prematurely than the general population. Nurses must acquire professional knowledge related to epilepsy and should strengthen patients to play a more active role in their care to improve their understanding of their diseases. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of implementing epilepsy educational guidelines on nurses’ performance and patients’ outcomes. Methodology, Quasi-experimental research design was conducted at the Neurology department in Mansoura University Hospital. This study sample is a convenient sample of 28 nurses and a purposive sample of 60 adult patients with epilepsy who attend the neurological department in Mansoura University Hospital. Results indicate a significant improvement in nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding epilepsy. Also, it helped to improve patients’ knowledge and thus promoted epilepsy self-management behaviors in the study group. Conclusion, The designed nursing guidelines have achieved their objectives by improving nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding epileptic patient care, in addition to improving patients’ knowledge and epilepsy self-management scale for the study group compared with the control group. Recommendations: Continuing nursing education is important to maintain a high level of nurses’ knowledge and improve the quality of epilepsy care, organizing patient-centered workshops to allow them to better adapt to the disease, people with epilepsy and their caregivers should be encouraged to perform role-playing to be prepared for seizures and take safety precautions; this can be helped by providing simplified brochures.