Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Emergency Nurse's Knowledge and Practice about Advance cardiac Life Support at Emergency Medicine Department in Baghdad city Al-Temimi Talib Kalifa Hassan1,*, Atiya Hussain Hadi2 1Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ministry of Health 2Assistant Prof., Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad *Corresponding Author: Talib Kalifa Hassan Al-Temimi, Ministry of Health, Email: talib_khalifah@yahoo.com
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Objective To evaluate effectiveness of an educational program on emergency nurse's knowledge and practice concerning advance cardiac life support at emergency medicine department in Baghdad City. Methodology A Quasi-experimental design study was initiated A quasi-experimental design is carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on emergency nurse's knowledge and practice concerning advance cardiac life support at the emergency medicine department in Baghdad City. The study was initiated 4th December 2018 to 3rd April 2019, and divided into (26) emergency nurses for the study group, which were exposed to the education program about Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and (26) emergency nurses have been assigned to the control group who share the same criteria of selection for the study group and are not exposed to the educational program., the instruments was constructed; the questionnaire is composed of 3parts First part, the demographic data, the second part Knowledge test: it is composed of (30) multiple choice questions which covered relevant points from the major content area of the advance cardiac life support. The third part: Observational checklist. It is composed of (25) items and sub item which covered five domains of practices concerning Advance Cardiac Life Support. And presented Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), according to priority, Airway and Breathing care, cardiovascular system care, disability, intra venues fluid and DC shock uses. The validity of the questionnaire, observational checklist, and educational program were being identified by a panel of 12 experts; the study Reliability of instrument was determined through pilot study was carried out on 3ed to 24 November 2018. Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistics analysis and the inferential data Results The study findings indicated that the education program has a positive effect on case group at post test Conclusion The knowledge and practice of emergency nurses were improved after educational program Recommendation Promote advanced training about advance cardiac life support and Employment of college or institution graduate nurses in emergency Medicine should be planned by the ministry of health. Top Keywords Emergency nurse's, Advance Cardiac Life Support. Top |