Effect of Developing and Implementing Nursing Care Standards on outcome of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Cardiac catheterization is an invasive procedure indicated in a wide variety of circumstances. It is used for diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic intervention in the management of patients with cardiac diseases. Aims of the study: this study aimed to, assess and develop nursing care standards for cardiac patients. And evaluate the effect of implementing nursing care standards on nurse's knowledge, practice and patient out come. Research design: Quasi-experimental research design was utilized. Setting: cardiac catheterization unit, Assiut University Hospital Subjects: Convenience sample including all nurses 24 working in cardiac catheter unit who are willing to participate in the study and 100 patients who had cardiac catheterization 50 patient pre and 50 post implementing the nursing care standards. Tools: Structured interview questionnaires sheet, An observation checklist sheet and Cardiac catheterization patient's assessment sheet. Results: good improvement in the mean knowledge and practice scores was found and post cardiac catheterization complications were reduced after implementation of the nursing care standards. Conclusion: cardiac catheterization patients are exposed to several complications, improving nurses' knowledge and practice can have favorable effect on the incidence of these complications. Recommendations: Nurses are need for in-service training programs and refreshing courses to improve their knowledge.
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Olfat Farouk Thabet, Hala M. Ghanem, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Sahar A. Abd-El Mouhsen
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