Qualifications of emergency nurse in caring the acute coronary syndrome patient: The perspective of Rural Hospitals in Indonesia Wihastuti Titin Andri1, Rachmawati Septi Dewi1, Kumboyono Kumboyono1,*, Harista Dessy Rindiyanti1, Lestari Yulia Candra1, Rahmawati Ida1, Lestari Ayu Wahyuni1 1Medical Faculty, School of Nursing, University of Brawijaya *Corresponding Author: Kumboyono Kumboyono Medical Faculty, School of Nursing, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia Tel: +6281805004106; Fax: +62 0341 564755 Email: abu_hilmi.fk@ub.ac.id, publikasikoe@gmail.com
Online published on 25 September, 2018. Abstract Background Nurses play a role in providing nursing care for emergency patients with acute coronary syndrome. Emergency nurses have different challenges with nurses in another hospital room because they are required to master some competencies in handling the urgency cases. Method This research employed a qualitative research with the phenomenology design approach. Participants in this study involved 40 nurses working in the Emergency Units of Rural Hospital East Java-Indonesia. In this study, nurses shared their experience in improving their quality services in taking care of patients with ACS during in-depth semi-structured interviews. Result Based on the interviews with the participants, two major themes in the research were obtained. The first theme was the qualifications of emergency nurses was divided into three sub-themes i.e. the requirements, the care capabilities, and the ward management capabilities. The second theme was the nurse development for competence improvement, consisted of two sub-themes: continuing education and nursing service development. Conclusion The qualifications of emergency nurses in the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome included education and training, as well as experience, the care capabilities including nursing care components, and the ward management capabilities comprising planning, organizing, actuating, and evaluating. In addition, the nurse development for competence improvement which included continuing nursing education, as well as nursing service development were also the qualifications in the treatment of patients with ACS. Top Keywords Rural Health, Acute Coronary Syndrom, Nursing, Nurse Qualifications, Emergency. Top |