Critical Care Knowledge of Nurses Working in Surgical Intensive Care Units in the 4th Public Health Region
Keywords:
Surgical intensive care unit, Critical care knowledge, Intensive care unit nursesAbstract
Surgical intensive care unit nurses must have sufficient knowledge of critical care patients as well as the capacity to make correct decisions and provide nursing care so that patients receive accurate and timely treatment. This descriptive research aimed to study nurses' knowledge in caring for critically ill patients. The samples consisted of 182 ICU nurses who had at least six months’ experience, or more, working in an intensive care unit in nine hospitals in the 4th Public Health Region. The data collection instruments consisted of 1) a demographic data form, and 2) the Knowledge Regarding Critical Care Nursing (QKCCN) questionnaire. The QKCCN has 12 sub-scales, which were developed from a review of the relevant literature by applying the Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool (BKAT-3) with a study of the university's nursing curriculum on critical care defined by the Nursing Council. The QKCCN was validated by a panel of 5 experts and exhibited validity by CVI (0.99) and reliability coefficient by KR-20 (0.72). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The study discovered that ICU nurses had a moderate level of knowledge in caring for critically ill patients. The average percentage of correct answers of the participants was 79.96%. Considering the average percentage of participants’ correct answers for each aspect, it was found that the first three aspects of critical care knowledge for which the participants had the least knowledge were: 1) caring for trauma, burns, and scalds (71.0%); 2) caring for hemodynamic monitoring lines (72.75%); and 3) caring for the respiratory system (72.80%).
The results of this study can be used as basic information to promote and develop specific knowledge for nurses in intensive care units in order to have sufficient knowledge and be able to take care of patients more effectively.
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