EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM ON INVASIVE DEVICE CARE FOR CARDIAC NURSES

Hayat Fadlalla Mukhtar*

ABSTRACT

In the cardiac care setting, it is always a challenge to meet the educational needs of nurses because of the life-threatening nature of critical illness. Inefficient nursing care of invasive device may associated with life-threatening complications. Nurses have an important role in the delivery and management of critically ill patients with invasive devices. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of an education program regarding invasive device care for cardiac nurses. Method: Quasi experimental study was applied to 61 nurse conducted at the cardiac surgical ward and intensive care unit in the Sudan cardiac center and Ahmed Qasim hospital at Khartoum State-Sudan. An education program was implemented to nurse. A pretest was conducted, followed by the intervention. This process was followed by 2 and 5-months post-test evaluations to assess outcomes. Results: More than half of nurses 58.1% aged between 26-30 years, most of them female 69.4%, had Bachelor’s degree 91.9%, and 88.7% had less than five years’ experience. After implementation of an education program the nurse knowledge and practice of endotracheal tube, chest tube, central venous catheter, and arterial catheter were improved significantly were all P<0.05. Furthermore, after intervention the nurses gained adequate knowledge (58.1% in post I and 72.6% in post II) and adequate practice (21.0% in post I and 25.8% in post II) regarding invasive device care. Conclusion: An education program was significantly improved the knowledge and practice of nurses regarding invasive device care.

Keywords: Education program, invasive device, knowledge, practice.