Factors Affecting Nurse’s Performance Regarding Post-Operative Care of Patient with Open -Heart Surgery

Abstract

Background: There are many factors that affecting nurse's performance regarding post-operative care of patient with open-heart surgery. This factor should be detected and solved to improve quality of nursing care to improve outcome of patient. Aim: This study aims at assessing factor affecting nurses' performance regarding post-operative care of patient with open-heart surgery through the following: level of knowledge, practice and attitude in addition to factors affecting nurses' performance regarding post-operative care of patient with open-heart surgery. Study design: descriptive research design was selected to fulfill the aim of the study. Setting: This study was conducted in post cardiothoracic ICU at academic institute for heart surgery at Ain shames university hospital. Subject: A convenient sample of all available nurses (36 nurses) working in study setting (ICU unit) + (intermediate unit). Data collection tools: A-Self-administered nurses' questionnaire to assess nurses demographic data of nurses under study, level of nurses' knowledge, attitude and factors affecting nurses' performance regarding post-operative care of patient with open-heart surgery. B-Nurses' observational checklist to assess nurses' level of practice regarding post-operative care of patient with open-heart surgery. Result: The result of this study revealed that about tow third of studied nurses' got satisfactory level of knowledge regarding post-operative care of open-heart surgery patient, about tow third of nurses' under the study had positive attitude toward post-operative care of open-heart surgery patient and about more than have of nurses' under the study got total satisfactory level of practice toward post-operative care of open-heart surgery patient. Recommendation: In service, training program/courses must be developed based on need assessment for nurses' regarding critical management of post-operative patient with open-heart surgery.