Assess Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitude for Patient Safety in Cardiac Catheterization Unit | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 16, Volume 7, Issue 19, December 2019, Pages 151-159 PDF (918.16 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2019.74145 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shimaa Mohammed Hasballah1; Olfat Abd Elgany Shaor2; Mona Aly Mohamed2; Ayman Khairy Mohamed3 | ||
| 1Professional Nurse at Heart Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Critical Care Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University Egypt, | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Patient safety is a major component of healthcare quality, which is defined as the avoidance of causing harm to patients in providing healthcare services. The cardiac catheterization is a procedure that allows a cardiologist to get firsthand information about the patterns of blood pressure and blood flow inside the heart. Aim of the study to assess nurses knowledge and attitude for patient safety in cardiac catheterization unit. A Descriptive research design was adopted to conduct this study. The study was conducted in cardiac catheterization unit at Heart Hospital, Assuit University. Subjects The study included 40 nurses working in mentioned setting. Tools: A structured interview sheet was conducted, structured into three parts included personal data, nurses' knowledge and nurses' attitude for patient safety. Results: It was found that all of nurses (100%) had poor knowledge for patient safety. While (77.5%) of nurses had negative attitude and (22.5%) of them had positive attitude toward patient safety in cardiac catheterization unit. Conclusion: it was concluded that nurses in cardiac catheterization unit had poor knowledge and negative attitude for patient safety. Recommendations: Educational program should be done for nurses in cardiac catheterization about patient safety to improve their knowledge and attitude for patient safety. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cardiac Catheterization; Nurses' Knowledge & Nurses' Attitude | ||
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