eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Nursing Research 2378-5586 2020-04-20 8 3 399 405 10.12691/ajnr-8-3-10 AJNR20208310 article Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed Allawy mohamedelsayed@nursing.suez.edu.eg 1 Wafaa Ismail Sherief 2 Amal Bakr Abo El - Ata 3 Samia Gaballah 4 Master of Medical- Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing Port Said University Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Suez Canal University Background: There is no teaching guidelines denoted for improving the nurses' knowledge regarding inotropic medication administration, that emphasizes the intervention teaching guidelines necessity. Aim of the study: To assess the effect of intervention teaching guidelines regarding administering inotropic medications for critically ill patients on nurses' knowledge. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Setting: the present study was carried out at Critical Care Units. Sample: A convenient sample of all staff nurses (60 nurses). Tools of data collection: The data were collected using one tool titled nurses' knowledge assessment questionnaire. Results: 86.7% of studied nurses had satisfactory level of knowledge regarding inotropic medications post implementing teaching guidelines. The post and follow up-intervention mean knowledge was high 29.33, 29.40 respectively when compared with pre-intervention practice mean score 18.10 with P value < .001. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/8/3/10/ajnr-8-3-10.pdf critically ill patients inotropic medications nurses' knowledge teaching guidelines