Nurses’ Performance Regarding Care of Patients with Hypovolemic Shock: Suggested Guideline

Abstract

Background: Hypovolemic shock is a clinical syndrome of inadequate tissue perfusion; it results in a decreased supply of oxygen and nutrients to cells leading to widespread cellular necrosis, multiple organ dysfunction and failure then death. The importance of educational guidelines for nurses are descriptions of what nurses are expected to know and be able to do at specific stage of their work on patients with hypovolemic shock Aim This study aimed to assess nurse’s performance regarding care of patients with hypovolemic shock Design A descriptive explorative design was utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting The study was carried out at medical and surgical emergency room at new emergency hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University. Study subjects A convenience sample of all available nurses working at the previous mentioned setting Tools I – nurses’ self – administrated questionnaire form which composed of nurse’s demographic characteristics and nurses’ knowledge questionnaire, II nurses' practice observational checklist. Results revealed that 53.33% of the studied nurse's had inadequate total level of knowledge about caring of patients with hypovolemic shock, while 56.7%had inadequate level of practice regarding caring of patients with hypovolemic shock. Conclusion there were statistically significant relation between the studied nurses’ level of knowledge and their practice regarding caring of patients with hypovolemic shock. Recommendations Further research are recommended to evaluate the effect of educational guideline on nurse's performance regarding caring of patients with hypovolemic shock