EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON NURSES PERFORMANCE REGARDING EMERGENCY CRASH CART MATERIAL MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENTAL CARDIAC CENTERS KHARTOUM STATE SUDAN
Abstract
The emergency crash cart is a portable trolley containing all equipment and drugs needed to treat a life threatening situation. Aim: study knowledge of nurses regarding Emergency Crash Cart material management. Design: An interventional Hospital based study pre –posttest design was conducted at Ahmed Gasim Cardiac Center and Shab Cardiac Center. 132 nurses participated in the study by responding to the questionnaire which tested their knowledge, pre and post educational Results: Most of participant were female (70%), half of participant (54%) Experience from 6 to 10 years. Strongly disagree in pre educational program Nurses knowledge was 40.3%, disagree 28.76% strongly agree 11.82 %and agree 13.92%. While in post education strongly agree 48.53 agree 32.4, strongly disagree 7.39 and disagree 7.6. mean in pre 13.91 in post increased to 24.09 and the Std. Deviation pre 3.72 post 3.81 (There is a statistically significant increase in the degree of nurses' knowledge in the post measurements).Conclusions Educational program was improvement of nurse's performance regarding emergency Crash Cart management . Recommendations: All nurses must be will trained regarding emergency Crash Cart management. Keywords: Performance, Crash Cart, Nurses, Educational Program