Record Results Analysis Electrocardiogram (ECG) at Pangandaran Health Center

Abstract

Heart disease has killed around 17.3 million people in the world and ranks first in the cause of death in Indonesia. Nurses as one of the health workers who are directly related to doctors and patients, will not be separated from the ECG. The nurse's ability to interpret the ECG will speed up the response to patients who have heart abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of nurses' knowledge in interpreting the results of ECG recordings at Pangandaran Health Center. The method used is an experimental method, while the population in this study were all general nurses in Pangandaran Pangandaran Health Center as many as 50 people. Research Results: This study shows that the knowledge of nurses who have attended ECG training in interpreting ECG recordings is general nurses with good knowledge as many as 24 people (68.57%) and those who do not take EKG training that most general nurses with less knowledge 7 people (46.67%). The conclusion of this study is that nurses' knowledge in interpreting ECG recordings was 27 as good (54%). Suggestions for Pangandaran Health Center to continue evaluating and developing nurses' knowledge in interpreting ECG results.