Nurses’ Performance Regarding Electrocardiography Application and Its Interpretation: Suggested nursing Guideline | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 281-295 PDF (467.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260887 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Israa Mohammed Ali1; Ola Abd El-Aty Ahmed2; Mona Nadr Ebraheim3 | ||||
| 1B.Sc. In Nursing - Faculty of Nursing – Assiut University | ||||
| 2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Electrocardiography is the most commonly used diagnostic test in cardiology. It contributes significantly to the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac disorders. Aim: Assess nurses’ performance regarding electrocardiography application and its interpretation and develop suggested guideline based on nurses need assessment. Design: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting the study was carried out in coronary care unit of Assiut University heart hospital. Study subject: A convenientsample of all available nurses(40) working within the coronary care unit at Assiut university heart hospital from both gender and agreed to participate in the study. Data Collection Tools: I - self – administration questionnaire form which composed of nurses demographic characteristics' and nurses’ knowledge questionnaire regarding ECG application and is interpretation, II - Nurses practice observational checklist. Results: Revealed that, 80% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge regarding ECG application and its interpretation and 92.5% the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of total practice regarding ECG application and its interpretation Conclusion: More than three quarters of the studied nurses had got unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding ECG application and interpretation and the majority of the studied nurses had got unsatisfactory level of practice regarding ECG application and its interpretation. Recommendations: Training program including the suggested guidelines toward ECG application and interpretation must be implemented for nurses based on their need assessment and evaluate its effectiveness on performance. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Electrocardiography interpretation; Nurses’ performance; suggested guideline | ||||
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