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Nurses’ Awareness Regarding Patients’ Safety Receiving Vasoactive Medication in Critical Care Units

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Critical care nurses are responsible for managing the preparation, timing of initiation, administration, titration, and weaning of vasoactive infusions based on the prescriptions of the physician so; to ensure patient safety, they must have adequate knowledge about medication, goals of drug therapy, and interventions to minimize adverse reactions. Aim of the study: This study was conducted to assess nurses' awareness regarding patients' safety receiving vasoactive medication in critical care units Design: A descriptive exploratory was utilized to achieve the aim. Setting: This study was conducted at two ICUs as follows (Cardiovascular Care Unit, and Chest Care Unit) affiliated with Ain Shams University Hospital. Sample: A convince sample (50) of all available nurses working in critical care units as mentioned previously. Tools: Data was collected using three tools 1) Nurses' Knowledge Interview Questionnaire.2) Nurses' level of Practice Observational Checklist.3) Nurses' Awareness of Medication Safety Scale. Results: The majority of the studied nurses had an unsatisfactory level of total knowledge and about a fifth had an incompetent level of practice. Meanwhile, most of the studied nurses had an unsafe level regarding patients' medication safety receiving vasoactive medication in critical care units. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant correlation between the total studied nurses' knowledge, practice, and their total patients' medication safety receiving vasoactive medication in critical care units. Recommendations: Provide educational and training programs to improve nurses' awareness regarding patients' medication safety receiving vasoactive medication in critical care units supported with evidence-based practices and guidelines. Keywords: Nurses' Awareness, Patients' Safety, Vasoactive Medication.

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10.21608/ejhc.2023.324244

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Nurses’ Awareness, patients’ safety, Vasoactive Medication

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Gehad

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Diaa Abdelrhman

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Demonstrator in Critical Care and Emergency Nursing - Faculty of Nursing at the British University in Egypt

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Hanan

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Sobeih Sobeih

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Professor of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing - Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

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Sarah

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Fathy Mahmoud

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Assist Professor of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing - Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

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14

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4

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43871

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2023-12-01

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2023-11-01

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2023-12-01

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60

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71

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Nurses’ Awareness Regarding Patients’ Safety Receiving Vasoactive Medication in Critical Care Units

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24 Dec 2024