Nurses’ Performance Regarding Care of Patients with Hypovolemic Shock: Suggested Guideline

Document Type : Original Article

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1 B.Sc. Nursing- Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

2 Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing- Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

3 Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing - Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

Abstract

Background: Hypovolemic shock is a clinical syndrome of inadequate tissue perfusion; it
results in a decreased supply of oxygen and nutrients to cells leading to widespread cellular necrosis,
multiple organ dysfunction and failure then death. The importance of educational guidelines for
nurses are descriptions of what nurses are expected to know and be able to do at specific stage of
their work on patients with hypovolemic shock Aim This study aimed to assess nurse’s performance
regarding care of patients with hypovolemic shock Design A descriptive explorative design was
utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting The study was carried out at medical and surgical
emergency room at new emergency hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University. Study subjects A
convenience sample of all available nurses working at the previous mentioned setting Tools I –
nurses’ self – administrated questionnaire form which composed of nurse’s demographic
characteristics and nurses’ knowledge questionnaire, II nurses' practice observational checklist.
Results revealed that 53.33% of the studied nurse's had inadequate total level of knowledge about
caring of patients with hypovolemic shock, while 56.7%had inadequate level of practice regarding
caring of patients with hypovolemic shock. Conclusion there were statistically significant relation
between the studied nurses’ level of knowledge and their practice regarding caring of patients with
hypovolemic shock. Recommendations Further research are recommended to evaluate the effect of
educational guideline on nurse's performance regarding caring of patients with hypovolemic shock

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 12, Issue 3
September 2021
Pages 260-273

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