Seyedeh Narjes Mousavizadeh - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Shiva Yousefi - Master of Emergency Nursing, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Soolmaz Moosavi - Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Malihe Nasiri - Associate Possessor, Department of Basic Science, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Background: Immediate evaluation and management of brain trauma patients improves disease outcomes and reduces the neurobehavioral consequences of the injury. Emergency nurses are expected to manage patients based on the best available evidence.Aim: The present study was performed with aim to develop and implement an evidence-based care package for the management of brain trauma patients.Method: This semi-experimental study was conducted on ۶۰ nurses in the emergency departments from November ۲۰۲۲ to May ۲۰۲۳. The subjects were randomly assigned to intervention (n=۳۰) and control (n=۳۰) groups. The data collection tool included a demographic questionnaire and a brain trauma management checklist. The intervention included ۴ training workshops based on the comprehensive evidence-based care package during two weeks. Both groups were assessed through a checklist before and after the intervention during ۸ weeks.Results: There was a significant difference between the two groups in the mean scores of care management before the intervention (p<۰.۰۰۱). In addition, the variables of employment status and education level were not the same in the two groups. Therefore, the pretest score, employment status, and education level were included in the model as a covariate, and their effect was adjusted. The mean score of care management after the intervention in the intervention group was ۱۲.۳ points higher than that of the control group (p<۰.۰۰۱).Implications for Practice: Evidence-based care package improved the management of brain trauma patients, so it can be considered a simple and affordable solution to implement evidence-based practice and overcome the existing obstacles.

Brain Trauma, Care Package, Emergency nursing, Evidence-based practice, Nursing Management