Nurses' Perception regarding Artificial Pancreas
among Type I Diabetes Mellitus at
the National Diabetic Institute

Ahmed Saied Abdelaziz (1), Amany Mohamed Saad (2),
Ons Said El-Zayat (3)
(1) Infection control coordinator in 57357 hospital
(2) Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University
(3) Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University
Abstract
Background: Artificial Pancreas is newly advanced technology in management of type I Diabetes Mellitus Patients. Nurses play a crucial role in helping diabetic patients through guidelines that increase knowledge, improve attitude and practice regarding artificial pancreas. The study aimed to assess nurses' perception regarding artificial pancreas among type I diabetes mellitus at the national diabetic institute. Design: A Descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study conducted at the National institute of diabetes . Sample: A Convenience sample include 218 nurses was used. Tools: one tool, Structured interview questionnaire was used and consist of four parts, demographic characteristics of studied nurses', nurses' knowledge regarding artificial pancreas, nurses' attitude toward artificial pancreas and nurses' reported practices regarding artificial pancreas. Results: 54.1% of the studied nurses had good level of knowledge regarding artificial pancreas, while 66.6% and 54.2% of the studied nurses had positive attitude and incompetent level of reported practices regarding artificial pancreas respectively. Conclusion: There was a high statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge, attitude and reported practices of studied nurses regarding artificial pancreas. Recommendations: Apply and implement an educational program to increase awareness of nurses regarding artificial pancreas.