Abstract

Background: Paediatric cardiac nurses should provide appropriate health information and guiding theparents to take care of their congenital heart diseases children effectively and family wellbeing. The aim ofthis study is to evaluate nursing management for admitted cardiac patients with congenital heart diseases inSulaimani Pediatric intensive cardiac unit.Method: Quantitative design with descriptive study was carried out with evaluation approach and it wasconducted on nurses in pediatric intensive care unit of pediatric teaching hospital/Sulaimani city of Kurdistanregion from 1st July 2017-1st May 2018. Non-probability sampling was performed, a purposive sample of(35) nurses who are working in Pediatric intensive cardiac unit of pediatric hospital and (105) conveniencesample of the pediatric patient with congenital heart disease was involved in the study.Results: Generally, the level of nurses’ practice in total care management was 90.5% in fair level and only9.5% in good level.Conclusion: Nursing care management for child with congenital heart disease has been considered to bepoor practiced in Kurdistan. More specifically, the nursing intervention to reduce child’s heart load waspoorly practice. The nurse’s academic background and experience were not good qualified.

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