Effect of Intervention Program on Nurses' Performance Regarding Care of Patients with Heart Failure | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 1087-1099 PDF (237.09 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.343711 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed1; Tahany Ahmed El Senousy2; Dina Mohamed Maarouf3 | ||
| 1Assistant lecturer of Critical Care Nursing _Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Critical Care Nursing _ Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant professor of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition that affects a significant number of patients worldwide, requiring specialized management. Nurses have a great role in caring of such group of patients. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the effect of intervention program on nurses caring of patients with heart failure, at the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU). Method: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. The study included 30 nurses working at the Cardiac Care Unit. For data collection, two different tools were used. Tool I: A Structured interview Knowledge Questionnaire; Tool II: Nurses' Observational Checklist. Results: The study results showed significant differences pre and post implementation of the intervention program regarding nurses’ level of knowledge and practice compared to their pre-intervention levels with (p = 0.00). Conclusion, the results of this study concluded that the implementation of the intervention program revealed a significant positive improvement of nurses' knowledge and practice level regarding care of patients with heart failure. Recommendation, conducting in-service training programs for nurses caring patients with heart failure is recommended to keep them up to date with the latest information and evidence-based practices that related to care of patients with HF. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Intervention program; nurses; heart failure | ||
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