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Original Research Article

Year: 2022 | Month: April-June | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 6-13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220402

Cardiac Nurses’ Knowledge towards Patient Safety after Cardiac Catheterization; A Cross Sectional Study

Thomas Mathew Panicker¹, Sonia Cherian², Rejimol Thomas³

^1,2,3Department of Nursing, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates

Corresponding Author: Thomas Mathew Panicker

ABSTRACT

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in UAE. Coronary heart disease is a common term for the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to heart attack. Cardiac catheterization is a procedure to examine how well the heart is working. Patient safety is defined as being free from accidental harm as a result of a health care encounter. Cardiac nurses are responsible for providing patient’s safety and minimizing vascular complications after cardiac catheterization procedures. This study explored the knowledge of cardiac nurses working in DHA Hospitals, with regard to patient safety after cardiac catheterization.
Methods: This is a descriptive quantitative study which was conducted in DHA Hospitals, UAE between the periods October 2020 till December 2020. A convenience sampling technique was used for this study with 108 cardiac nurses working in DHA.
Results: The knowledge percentage of cardiac nurses on patient safety revealed that 64.81% were had moderate knowledge,15.74% had adequate knowledge level whereas 19.44% were had poor level of knowledge regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization.
Conclusion and Recommendation: The study concluded that cardiac nurses reflected moderate level of knowledge. It was statistically proven that there was a significant association of knowledge regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization among cardiac nurses with their age, job experience and years of experience in cardiac unit. There is a need to follow innovative approaches in training and consider to include post cardiac catheterization care in education session.

Keywords: [Nurses, Knowledge, cardiac catheterization, Cardiovascular, Patient.]

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