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Abstract Bladder cancer is the represent significant health problem worldwide it is fourth most common cancer in males after prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers, while in females bladder cancer is the eighth most common type of cancers. Urinary diversion is generally used when the bladder has severe dysfunction or needs to be removed due to cancer. Patients undergoing urinary diversion operations they usually face many problems such as loss of body functions and relationship with others, altered sexuality, and change in lifestyle. They need to adapt to the external appliance, stoma, alteration in toileting habits, and urinary drainage, in addition to skin irritation problems, urinary tract infections, and odor problems. Nurses play an important role to help these patients to cope and adapt to their illness. Nurse also should be developed educational programs to helping the patients to enhance their knowledge, improve physical and psychological conditions, reduce complications and improve quality of life.Aim of the study The study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on the patient’s outcomes undergoing urinary diversion. Through the following: 1- Assess the knowledge and self-care practical skills for patients with urinary diversion pre intervention.2- Develop and implement educational guidelines for patients based on needs assessment. 3- Evaluat the effect of educational guidelines on patients’ outcome. Hypothesis Research: The current study hypothesized: Patients with urinary diversion who received educational guidelines will have better outcomes than patients who did not receive. Research design: To conduct this study a quasi experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at urologic department and the urologic outpatient clinic in National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. Subjects: A purposive sample of 100 patients from both sexes with bladder cancer requiring radical cystectomy accompanied with urinary diversion was selected according to certain inclusion criteria. The study subjects were divided into two groups: study group who had the self-care guidelines& routine care and control group who had only the routine care.Tools of Data Collection: 1- demographic tool. 2- Clinical data tool. 3- Patient’s interview questionnaire tool. 4- Patient’s self-care practice observational checklists. 5- Patient’s outcome assessment sheets: It included: A- Patient’s Complications Assessment tool. B- Hamilton Anxiety Scale. C- Social Dysfunction Scale. |