Nurses’ Performance Regarding Invasive Procedures in Intensive Care Unit

Background: Invasive procedure is defined as a medical procedure in which body penetrated by tube or needle. Nurses play critical role in care patients undergo invasive procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate nurses' performance regarding invasive procedures in intensive care unit. Methods: Research design: A descriptive design was utilized. Setting: Data were collected from paid intensive care Unit (ICU) and general ICU of internal medicine hospital at Zagazig University Hospitals, Sharkia governorate, Egypt. Participants: The study was conducted on 60 ICU nurses from the same hospital setting. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection, first tool was an interviewing questionnaire to gather demographic characteristics of study nurses and nurses' knowledge regarding invasive procedures, second tool was an observational checklist to assess nurses' practices regarding invasive procedures. Results: Results of this study showed that 83.3% of studied nurses' age were equal and more than 25 years, 60.0% were females, 65.0% were married, 70.0% graduated from Bachelor of nursing, 71.7% had years of experience in the ICU less than 5 years and 73.3% had training courses about invasive procedures, 56.7% and 58.3% of studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge and practice level respectively regarding invasive procedures. Conclusion: Near to three fifths of studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge and total practice regarding invasive procedures. In addition, there was a statistically significant relation between total nurses' knowledge and practice. Recommendation: There is a need to periodic training and educational program to enhance knowledge and practice for nurses regarding invasive procedures.