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Prevalence of Arterial Line Insertion and ComplicationsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Arterial catheterization is the second most frequently performed invasive procedure in the intensive care unit after central venous catheterization .Critically ill patients generally have an arterial line inserted for accurate measurement of arterial blood pressure and easy access to arterial blood for blood gases analysis. Common sites for the insertion of arterial lines are (in order of preference) radial artery, femoral artery, brachial artery axillary artery. (Slater, Clark and Esherick, 2015)
Aim of the Study:
This study aims to:
Assess the nurses’ performance regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units through the following:
1- Assess nurses’ knowledge regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
2- Assess nurses’ practice regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
3- Assess Nurses’ attitude regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
Research Questions:
1- What is the nurses’ knowledge regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units?
2- What is the nurses’ practice regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units?
3- What is the nurses’ attitude regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units?
Subject and Methods:
Research design:
A descriptive exploratory design was conducted to achieve the aim of this study.
Setting:
This study was conducted in the open heart intensive care unit at Academy of Heart affiliated to Ain shams University Hospitals.
Sample:
A Convenience sample was composed of all the available nurses working in the above mentioned setting.
Tools of data collection:
The data were collected through using the following tools:
I-Self-administered questionnaire
The self-administered questionnaire was used to assess nurses’ level of knowledge regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
II- Evaluation practice checklist
Assess nurses ’level of practice regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
III-Evaluation Nurses` attitude rating scale
Assess nurses’ attitude regarding arterial line complications in intensive care units.
The present study revealed that:
Regarding gender, the results revealed that (60%) of them were females. Regards to age, (60%) of them were from 18 to less than 30 years old. In relation to educational level, (66.6%) of them were technical nursing institute. While regarding the years of experience (33.3%) of them had experience less than 5 years. Regarding training courses and performance enhancement all of them didn’t attendance any training courses.
Concerning the study nurses performance regarding arterial line complications, 80% of them had unsatisfactory knowledge, 78.3% of them study nurses had unsatisfactory practice, and 63.7% of them had negative attitude.
There were no significant correlation between total nurses’ knowledge and total nurses’ practice.
There were no significant correlation between total nurses’ Practice and total nurses’ Attitude.
Conclusion
The study revealed that more than three quarter of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge as well as practice regarding arterial line complications. Moreover, there were no statistically significant correlation between studied nurses’ knowledge, practice and attitude. In addition to, there were no statistically significant correlation between studied nurses’ knowledge, practice, attitude and their demographic characteristics.
Recommendations
• The importance of implementing an educational Training program for nurses to improve their performance regarding arterial line complications.
• Developing a simplified and comprehensive booklet including guidelines about nursing care of arterial line and how to avoid complications.
• Replication of the current study on large sample and different hospitals settings to be able to generalize the results.
• Further study is recommended to evaluate the reflection of educational training program regarding arterial line complications on nurses’ performance and consequently on the patients outcomes.