Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational program on nurses’ knowledge towards nursing management for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), as well as to find out the relationship between nurses' knowledge and some of their demographic characteristics (age, gender, level of education, and years of experience in cardiac units).
Methodology: A Quasi-experimental as one group (pre and post test) study was conducted at the Heart Center in Al-Diwaniyah city for the period from December 7, 2019 to February 23, 2020. A sample of (40) nurses working in the heart center was chosen from different nursing addresses. The sample covered one group, (40) nurses and the crew had a face-to-face educational program on nurses' knowledge towards nursing administration for patients undergoing (PCI). Data were gathered during the utilization of the adopted questionnaire and interview technique. The questionnaire was consists of (53) multiple-choice questions(MCQ) related to Nursing management For Patients Undergoing PCI , the reliability of instrument for knowledge is (0.93) Sequentially, by using Cronbachs alpha, the data analysis done by using the statistical methods which include (descriptive, and inferential statistics).
Results: Vast majority of sample are at age of (31-40) years old, female (52.5%), educational level is diploma degree (37.5%), experience in cardiac units is (6-9)years , Participation in training course is (yes, 82.5%) ,number of training courses (2), Training course place is Inside Iraq (93.93%) ,and there are statistically significant differences between the pre and post tests in the main general areas with regard to the nurses' knowledge regarding the nursing management towards the patients undergoing PCI. The correct answer in the pre-test was 0.417% and in the post-test, these answers increased to 0.814%.
Recommendations: The study recommended to provide nurses with continuous educational courses to enhances nurses knowledge, & the necessity of conducting similar studies on a larger sample.
