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.
Mohammed Ali, I., Abd El-Aty Ahmed, O., & Nadr Ebraheim, M. (2022). Nurses’ Performance Regarding Electrocardiography Application and Its Interpretation: Suggested nursing Guideline. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13(4), 281-295. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260887
MLA
Israa Mohammed Ali; Ola Abd El-Aty Ahmed; Mona Nadr Ebraheim. "Nurses’ Performance Regarding Electrocardiography Application and Its Interpretation: Suggested nursing Guideline". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13, 4, 2022, 281-295. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260887
HARVARD
Mohammed Ali, I., Abd El-Aty Ahmed, O., Nadr Ebraheim, M. (2022). 'Nurses’ Performance Regarding Electrocardiography Application and Its Interpretation: Suggested nursing Guideline', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 13(4), pp. 281-295. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260887
VANCOUVER
Mohammed Ali, I., Abd El-Aty Ahmed, O., Nadr Ebraheim, M. Nurses’ Performance Regarding Electrocardiography Application and Its Interpretation: Suggested nursing Guideline. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022; 13(4): 281-295. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.260887
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