Knowledge of clinical pathway for children undergoing congenital cardiac surgeries.

In recent past, clinical pathway has emerged as an important modality to document progress of the patient with congestine heart disease. The present quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study had a sample size of 40 nuses (20 each in experimental and control groups) and 50 children (30 in experimental and 20 in control group). Demographic variable proforma was administered to nurses and demographic clinical variable proforma to children. Knowledge level of nurses regarding clinical pathway was assessed using structured questionnaire. The analysis showed that clinical path- ways can be used for providing high quality care in a timely and cost effective man- ner in children with congenital heart disease.