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Abstract
There is no intervention guidelines depicted for improving the
performance of nurses towards inotropic medication administration, which
emphasizes the importance of implementing teaching guidelines for improving nurses’
performance, Aim of the study: Evaluate effect of guidelines regarding administering
inotropic medications for critically ill patients on nurses’ knowledge and practice,
Design: Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Setting: The
present study was carried out at Critical Care Units affiliated to the Suez Canal
University Hospital, Sample: A convenient sample of all available staff nurses (60
nurses) who were working at the previously mentioned settings, Tools of data
collection: The data were collected using two tools named nurses’ knowledge
assessment questionnaire and nurses‘ observational checklist, Results: The majority
of studied nurses had significant satisfactory level of knowledge and practice
regarding inotropic medications post intervention guidelines. The post and follow upintervention
mean knowledge and practice score was high, when compared with preintervention
mean knowledge and practice score, Conclusion: There was statistically
significant improvement in the nurses’ knowledge and practice mean scores regarding
inotropic medications in post and follow-up implementing guidelines when compared
with pre-intervention nurses’ knowledge and practice mean score,
Recommendations: Apply the designed intervention guidelines supported with
evidence based practices for administering inotropic medications.