Nurses' Performance in Operating Life-saving Medical Devices at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Essawy, Magda Aly Hassan; Mohamed, Hanem Hassan; Elnawawi, Ahmed Ahmed; Abouheiba, Marwa Gadelrab

doi:10.21608/asalexu.2025.415010

Nurses' Performance in Operating Life-saving Medical Devices at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

¹ Professor Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria.

² Nurse Educator El- Alanfoshy Pediatrics hospital, Health Affaires Directorate, Alexandria.

³ Professor Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria

⁴ Associate Professor Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria & Associate Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, British University in Egypt, Elshrouk.

10.21608/asalexu.2025.415010

Abstract

Background: The life-saving medical devices can be define as are machines, apparatuses or
technologist which used to ensure the optimal level of physiological functions. In case that the
organ or organs failed to function well. Aim: The study aimed to assess nurses' performance in
operating life-saving medical devices at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Research Question:
What is the level of nurses' performance in operating life-saving medical devices at Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit? Operational Definition: Life-saving devices in this study refer to
mechanical ventilator, cardiac monitor, and infusion and syringe pumps. Settings: The study
was conducted at the Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) of Alexandria University
Children’s Hospital (AUCH) at Elshatby and Alanfoshy Children's Hospital (ACH) at Bahari.
Subjects: 50 nurses worked on the life-saving medical devices in the previously mentioned
settings were included. Tools: One tool named ''Assessment of Nurses’ Performance in
Operating Life-saving Medical Devices'' used to collect the necessary data in this study. It
included two parts. Part One: The Characteristics of Nurses. Part Two: Nurses’ Performance
in Operating Life-saving Medical Devices Observational Checklist. Results: nurses
performance regarding the operating studied four lifesaving medical devices was satisfactory
level in 60 % studied nurses, as regarding interoperating maintenance nurses performance
was unsatisfactory level (98%) for the same medical devices in pediatric intensive care unit
Conclusion: It was concluded that nurses’ performance was satisfactory in operating the
studied four lifesaving medical devices at in pediatric intensive care unit. Recommendation It
was recommended that nurses should receive a continuous training programs concerning
interoperating maintenance of lifesaving medical devices.

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