Assessment the nurses' knowledge regarding invasive procedures in the intensive care unit | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 September 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.414250.2148 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nagat Hussein Nasr* 1; Mervat Anwar Abd el aziz2; Ehab Fawzy Abdo3; ghada Shalaby mahran4 | ||
| 1faculty of nursing assuit university | ||
| 2Head of Critical Care Nursing and Emergency department | ||
| 3Professor of Tropical and Gastroenterology, Faculty of medicineAssiut University, Egypt | ||
| 4critical care,assiut university, faculty of nursing | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Critical care nurses are the health care professionals who have the obligation to care for critically ill patients. Therefore critical care nurses should have sufficient knowledge to achieve high quality nursing care. Aim: To assess the nurses' knowledge regarding invasive procedures in the intensive care unit Methods: This study used descriptive cross sectional design. Setting: Study was conducted at trauma, general, anesthesia, obstetric and Alrajhy liver intensive care unit at Assuit University hospitals. Sample: A convenience sample of 75 nurses who are working at Intensive Care Units Tools: consisting of the following two Parts part1 nurses self-administered questionnaire demographic characteristics of nurses part 2 nurses knowledge. Results: About 30.7% of the studied nurses had a satisfied level of knowledge about invasive procedures for critically ill patients, while 69.3% of them had unsatisfied level of knowledge. Conclusion: Most of the studied nurses had unsatisfied level of knowledge about invasive procedures for critically ill patients. Recommendations: Conduct orientation and periodic in- service educational program for nurses in intensive care units regarding invasive procedures for continuous update of their knowledge. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Intensive care unit; Invasive procedures; Nurses’ knowledge | ||
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