Abstract
<p><strong>BACKGROUND</strong><strong>: </strong>Cardiovascular interventions have experienced extraordinary progress in the past decades. But it seems that preparation of cardiovascular nurses has not been in pace with the changes. This is while these nurses have a prominent role in the care and management of life-threatening diseases in these wards which can lead to reduced mortality. The present study aimed to explore the effective factors on training a cardiac care nurse.</p><p><strong>METHODS</strong><strong>: </strong>This research is qualitative and applies inductive content analysis. Participants included 7 matrons and 50 nurses selected through purposive sampling method. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and open questionnaires. Also, conventional approach to content analysis was used to analyze data.</p><p><strong>RESULTS</strong><strong>: </strong>To have a qualified CCU nurse, the findings cover four main themes including specialist nurses (having appropriate personal and professional characteristics), acquiring comprehensive educational content (acquiring specialized cardiac, basic nursing, and general educational content), integrated educational approach (group education, individual education and special education methods), and administrative and organizational requirements (the necessity of recognizing the position of CCU nurses, allocation of material and intellectual benefits, educational and managerial monitoring of supervisors).</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong><strong>: </strong>Since cardiac care nurses play an important role in ensuring nursing care quality in cardiovascular wards and can improve the care delivered to the patients, it is necessary for nurses to have appropriate professional and personal qualities. Therefore, nurses should have training on general, basic nursing, and specialist cardiac content through integrated educational approach. At the same time, managerial and organizational requirements should be established to maintain and improve their competencies and capabilities.</p>
Highlights
Cardiac care unit is one of the most important wards in hospitals requiring professional nursing services due to the critical condition of the patients
Since cardiac care nurses play an important role in ensuring nursing care quality in cardiovascular wards and can improve the care delivered to the patients, it is necessary for nurses to have appropriate professional and personal qualities
Choosing qualified nurses for CCU and improving their knowledge and performance plays an important role in ensuring the quality of nursing care and leads to care delivery improvements
Summary
Cardiac care unit is one of the most important wards in hospitals requiring professional nursing services due to the critical condition of the patients. The most important characteristic of employees in these wards is having robust scientific knowledge and nurses who are not academically qualified should not be employed in these units (Nobahar, 2016). Another important factor affecting the quality of care is decision-making ability (Mosadeghrad, 2014). Clinical decision-making is an essential part of professional nursing practices and includes the analysis of data, making decisions and appropriate implementation of these decisions in the clinical arena. The present study aimed to explore the effective factors on training a cardiac care nurse
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