@article{ajnr20208310,
author={{Allawy, Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed and Sherief, Wafaa Ismail and Ata, Amal Bakr Abo El - and Gaballah, Samia},
title={Effect of Implementing Guidelines Regarding Administering Inotropic Medications for Critically Ill Patients on Nurses' Knowledge},
journal={American Journal of Nursing Research},
volume={8},
number={3},
pages={399--405},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/8/3/10},
issn={2378-5586},
abstract={<b>Background</b>: There is no teaching guidelines denoted for improving the nurses' knowledge regarding inotropic medication administration, that emphasizes the intervention teaching guidelines necessity. <b>Aim of the study</b>: To assess the effect of intervention teaching guidelines regarding administering inotropic medications for critically ill patients on nurses' knowledge. <b>Design</b>: Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. <b>Setting</b><b>:</b> the present study was carried out at Critical Care Units. <b>Sample</b>: A convenient sample of all staff nurses (60 nurses). <b>Tools of data collection: </b>The data were collected using one tool titled nurses' knowledge assessment questionnaire. <b>Results</b>: 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 &lt; .001.},
doi={10.12691/ajnr-8-3-10}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}