Effect of Educational Program Regarding Care of Patients with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge and Practice | ||
| Trends in Nursing and Health Care Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 April 2025 PDF (1.41 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tnhcj.2025.359089.1065 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdullah Mahmoud Abdelazez* | ||
| Medical -Surgical nursing, Suez canal university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The intra-aortic balloon pump(IABP) is a mechanical circulatory assist device used in some cardiac disorders to enhance coronary perfusion and reduce afterload . Aim: To evaluate the effect of educational program regarding care of patients with IABP on critical care nurses' knowledge and practice. Design: A quasi-experimental research design . Setting: The study conducted in the Cardio-Thoracic care unit and the Coronary Care Unit at Suez Canal University Hospitals in Ismailia city, Egypt in addition to the Cardio-Thoracic care unit and the Coronary Care Unit at specialized hospital in El Giza, Cairo. Subjects: A purposive sample of sixty critical care nurses . Tools: Two tools used to collect data: Tool (I) Nurses' self-administered knowledge questionnaire to assess nurses’ knowledge regarding IABP, Tool (II) Nurses' practice observational checklists to assess nurses’ level of practice regarding IABP care and management. Results: It showed that the studied nurses' knowledge regarding IABP was unsatisfactory in 69% of nurses’ in the assessment phase to be satisfactory during immediate and after three months implementation as 86.6% and 73.3% of nurses respectively. Also, 65% of the studied nurses had incompetent total level of practice during the assessment phase to be competent during immediate and after three months as 86.7% & 76.7% of nurses, respectively. Conclusion: there was a statistically significant improvement in nurses’ total knowledge and practice levels regarding care of patients with an IABP . Recommendations: implement standardized care protocol and critical care guidelines for IABP management across the critical care units. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Critical Care Nurses; Educational Program; Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump; knowledge; practice | ||
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