a survey to examin the emergency nurses operation & comparing it with international standards in the hospital of urmia medical sciences university

a survey to examin the emergency nurses operation & comparing it with international standards in the hospital of urmia medical sciences university alizadeh m , iremlow a , alizadeh b , shakibi a , aliloo l received: 14 april, 2010 accepted: 16 aug, 2010 abstract background & aims: a well-performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) remains important in improvement of nurse care efforts during cardiac arrests. thus, this study sought to determine skills and performance of emergency department’s nurses in university hospitals affiliated to urmia university of medical sciences in accordance to established international guidelines. materials & methods: the subjects were nurses working at emergency wards with the minimum of 6 month job experience at any emergency ward. the study was conducted using a standardized questionnaire including demographic characteristics of the subject, emergency department nurse performance (31 questions) in cpr or patients triage (22 questions). the data were analyzed by chi-square, fishers exact and z tests where appropriate. results: the majority of study subjects (68.5%) showed an excellent and 3.7% had a weak cpr and triage performance. there was no significant statistical difference across the study groups by different university hospitals using fishers exact test (p=0/8). also, no significant correlation was observed between cpr or patients triage performance and gender of the study subjects (p=0/6). however, the mean performance of male nurses was higher (28/13) as compared to that of females (26/37). conclusion: according to the findings, it is speculated that management system of hospitals must consider nursing training programs. due to the risks of emergency wards, skill and performance of the nurses working at emergency departments should be taken into consideration. keywords: performance, nurses, cpr, standard guidelines address: urmia university medical of sciences, urmia, iran tel: (+98)9143437642 e-mail: [email protected]