Evaluation of nurses practices toward patients who undergo cardiac catheterization

Abstract EN

Objective : To evaluate the nurse's practices and it's relationship between with thier demographic characteristic.

Methodology : A descriptive study was carried out , from January 15th 2002 to April 15th 2002 , to evaluate the nurse’s practices toward patients who undergo cardiac catheterization .

A purposive sample of ( 65 ) nurse, was selected out of three teaching hospitals in Baghdad city .

These nurses were worked at the catheterization units and catheterization labs .A questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of the study , which comprised of three major parts in which there were ( 45 ) items.

Reliability and validity of the questionnaire were determined through the conduct of a pilot study .

Data were collected through the use of the constructed questionnaire as an observational tool and the observation technique as means of data collection .

Data were analyzed through the use of two statistical analysis approaches : 1 - Descriptive statistical analysis that included frequencies and percentages .

2 - Inferential statistical analysis that include mean of scores, Alpha correlation coefficient and Chi square .

Result : Findings of the study indicated that there were no significant associations between the nurse’s practices toward patients who undergo cardiac catheterization and their educational level and the nurse’s sex.

The present study concluded that all staff nurse had performed almost an equal level of practices regardless to their sex and education and newly employed nurses had presented better practices that other .

Recommendation: The study recommended that a well-formulated bill of standards should be created and presented to all sites in which such practices are performed.

Special training programs should be designed and constructed for nurses in this area to reinforce their skills and promote their experience