Effectiveness of an Interventional Program on Nurses’ Practices Toward Patients’ Safety Post Coronary Angiography

Abstract Background : Nurses play an important role in providing safety to patients who undergo coronary angiography. Patient safety in minimizing complications is essential in practices of coronary care unit. Every individual have the right for safe and effective quality healthcare. Objectives :To determine the effectiveness of interventional program on nurses’ practices concerning patient’s safety post coronary angiography . Material and Methods: A quasi experimental study was carried out at (Al-Nasiriyah heart center) in cardiac medical ward and cardiac care unit (CCU), in the period from 4th june 2023 to 27th November 2023, The program and instruments were constructed by the researcher for the purpose of the study. To achieve the objectives of the study, a purposive (non-probability) sample of (50) nurses was divided in to two groups, study group consisted of (25) nurses exposed to the nursing educational program and control group consisted of (25) nurses were not exposed to the program. The instrument consisted of two major parts was based on the review of literature. The first part was concerned with determination of the demographic characteristics of these nurses through designated sheet which included (6) items, and the second part was an observational tool (checklist) which includes (18) items concern nurses’ practice concerning patient’s safety post coronary angiography . Reliability of instrument was determined through a pilot study and the instrument validity was determined through a panel of experts. Results :The results of the study showed that the nursing interventional program has positive effectiveness on nurses’ practices concerning patient’s safety post coronary angiography . that revealed in posttest practices . Conclusion: This finding indicates the positive influence of the interventional program in enhancing nurses’ practices concerning patient’s safety post coronary angiography ..