Abstract
Background: Non-technical skills (NTS) are social, cognitive and personal skills that canenhance staff nurses to carry out technical skills, tasks and procedures. Aim: The study aimedto assess contribution of non-technical skills on nurses' performance efficiency of nursing careprocess in Intensive Care Units. Design: Descriptive correlation research design was used inthe study. Setting: the study was conducted at El Mahala El-kobra General Hospital whichaffiliated to the Ministry of Health and Population. The subjects: all (N= 200) availablenurses at intensive care units who are working at the time of data collection were included inthe study. Tools: Data was collected by using two tools. 1) Nurses’ performance of nursingprocess observational checklist. 2) Non-technical skills of nurses' questionnaire. Results: Theresult showed that more than two- thirds (71.0%) of nurses had satisfied level in performingtotal technical skills and less than two -thirds (63%) of nurses had satisfied level in total non –technical skills. Conclusion: There was significant positive correlation between overallobserved nurses' technical skills and their overall non-technical skills. Recommendation:establishing specific unit policies, procedures and standards of nursing technical and nontechnicalskills, conducting training programs to cover all technical and non-technical skills,and integrate non-technical skills into the nursing curriculum.
Highlights
Nurses play a key role in the healthcare field because they provide nursing care to patients (1)
Especially in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), needs constant awareness and vigilance because the nurses provide critical care and living support for acutely unwell and vigilance because the nurses provide critical care and living support for acutely unwell and injured patients(2,3).The patients in ICUs are completely depending on care givers so that, the nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practices have an impact on the patients' recovery to a greater extent(4)
Regarding to type of ICU, over one- third (34.5%)of nurses working at neonatal ICU, 17.5% of nurses are working at Medical ICU, 18.0% of nurses working at surgical ICU and equal percent (15.0%) of them are working at Cardiac and pediatric ICU
Summary
Nurses play a key role in the healthcare field because they provide nursing care to patients (1). Nursing process is a scientific method for directing procedures and qualifying nursing care. Non-technical skills (NTS) are social, cognitive and personal skills that can enhance staff nurses to carry out technical skills, tasks and procedures. Aim: The study aimed to assess contribution of non-technical skills on nurses' performance efficiency of nursing care process in Intensive Care Units. The subjects: all (N= 200) available nurses at intensive care units who are working at the time of data collection were included in the study. Results: The result showed that more than two- thirds (71.0%) of nurses had satisfied level in performing total technical skills and less than two -thirds (63%) of nurses had satisfied level in total non – technical skills. Conclusion: There was significant positive correlation between overall observed nurses' technical skills and their overall non-technical skills. Recommendation: establishing specific unit policies, procedures and standards of nursing technical and nontechnical skills, conducting training programs to cover all technical and non-technical skills, and integrate non-technical skills into the nursing curriculum
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