Assessment of Nurses Staff Knowledge Regarding Chest Pain Management and Respiratory Maintains in Cardiac Care Unit

Chest pain is a common complaint and encompasses a broad differential diagnosis that includes several life-threatening causes.

The study aimed to assess nurses knowledge regarding chest pain management and respiratory maintains in Cardiac Care Unit

A quantitative design (a descriptive study) was carried out to assess nurses knowledge regarding chest pain management and respiratory maintains in cardiac care unit. A non-probability (purposive) sample of (44) nurses who work in CCU unit at Azady teaching Hospital and Kirkuk general Hospital in Kirkuk city. the tools of data collection consisted of (25) items which divided to three parts. Part one, Nurses demographic characteristics, Part two deal with chest pain and part three is the respiratory maintains assessment. The data were collected through the utilization of constructed questionnaire, interview technique. The data were analyzed throught descriptive statistical analysis and inferential statistical analysis.

A total of 44 nurses participate in the study, the study shows that (61.4%) of the samples age were (20–30) years old, (63.6%) were male. (68.2%) of them Graduate B. Sc. of Nursing, and (45.5%) of the sample has 1–5 years’ experience in Cardiac Care Unit. The relative sufficiency for the chest pain assessment was (69.1) while the relative sufficiency for the maintains repiratory was (87.8).

Based on the result, the study concluded that most of the samples were between (20–30) yearts, male, Graduate B. Sc. of Nursing, has 1–5 years’ experience in Cardiac Care Unit. According to the grand mean of scores, the nurses has moderate knowledge regarding chest pain management while they have high knowledge regarding respiratory maintains