Assess Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitude for Patient Safety in Cardiac Catheterization Unit

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.

Nurses knowledge, practice and attitude regarding patients safety after cardiac catheterization

“…The study unraveled that, the majority of nurse's dis agreed with the reporting process of complications for patient after CC This result might be related to their feeling about punishment from administrative and controlling the complication. This finding is supported by (Hasballah, et al 2019) [9] who conducted a study about "Assess Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude for Patient Safety in Cardiac Catheterization Unit" found that major of nurses had negative attitude toward patient safety in cardiac catheterization unit.…”

Nurses knowledge, practice and attitude regarding patients safety after cardiac catheterization

“…The study unraveled that, the majority of nurse's dis agreed with the reporting process of complications for patient after CC This result might be related to their feeling about punishment from administrative and controlling the complication. This finding is supported by (Hasballah, et al 2019) [9] who conducted a study about "Assess Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude for Patient Safety in Cardiac Catheterization Unit" found that major of nurses had negative attitude toward patient safety in cardiac catheterization unit.…”

Evaluation of the Knowledge Level of Nurses about the Follow-up of Complications That May Occur after Coronary Angiography

“…In the literature, in the study of Hasballah et al (11) with 40 nurses, it was found that all of the nurses working in the cardiac catheterization unit had insufficient knowledge about patient safety and 77.5% of nurses had a negative attitude towards patient safety. Feroze et al ( 9) study with 171 nurses found that the total level of knowledge was over 40%.…”

“…Standard forms are indispensable for patient follow-up and nursing practices. However, nurses' knowledge level and critical thinking skills are very important in increasing the quality of care and improving patient outcomes by increasing the level of knowledge to the optimal level, ensuring that patients receive the same quality service in every shift (9,10,11).…”