Nurses' Performance Regarding Caring of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Edema
- 1Nursing Specialist at Sohag Secondary Technical Nursing School, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
- 2Professor of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
- 3Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
Abstract
Background: Acute pulmonary edema is a common and potentially fatal presentation in the emergency department. The critical care nurses play significant roles in managing patients with acute pulmonary edema. Aim: to assess the nurses' performance regarding caring of patients with acute pulmonary edema. Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was carried out in the Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at the Cardiac Institute in Sohag Governorate. Sample: A convenience sample of 60 nurses working in the mentioned settings was recruited. Tools: two tools were utilized in the study: (1) Nurses' Structured Interview Questionnaire; it was composed of two parts, (2) Nurses' Practice Observation Checklist. Results: The mean age of the studied nurses was 28.5 ± 7.53 years, with 50% holding a technical institute degree. Results indicated that 81.7% of the nurses had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding acute pulmonary edema care. Conversely, 94.1% demonstrated competent practice in arterial blood gas sampling, and 86.7% exhibited competent practice in overall care. Conclusion: While more than three-quarters of the participants demonstrated an unsatisfactory level of theoretical knowledge, the majority showed a competent level of clinical practice in managing patients with acute pulmonary edema. Furthermore, the study revealed no statistically significant correlation between the nurses' level of practice and their level of knowledge. Recommendation: This study should be replicated with a larger sample size across diverse hospital settings to ensure the generalizability of the results.
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BibTeX
@article{mohamed2026nurses,
title = {{Nurses' Performance Regarding Caring of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Edema}},
author = {Elham Fathy Alsagary Mohamed and Amany Mohamed Safwat and Heba Abdelgawad Elfeky},
journal = {Egyptian Journal of Health Care},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.21608/ejhc.2026.534141},
url = {https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2026.534141},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Nurses' Performance Regarding Caring of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Edema
AU - Elham Fathy Alsagary Mohamed
AU - Amany Mohamed Safwat
AU - Heba Abdelgawad Elfeky
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
JO - Egyptian Journal of Health Care
DO - 10.21608/ejhc.2026.534141
UR - https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2026.534141
AB - Background: Acute pulmonary edema is a common and potentially fatal presentation in the emergency department. The critical care nurses play significant roles in managing patients with acute pulmonary edema. Aim: to assess the nurses' performance regarding caring of patients with acute pulmonary edema. Design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was carried out in the Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at the Cardiac Institute in Sohag Governorate. Sample: A convenience sample of 60 nurses working in the mentioned settings was recruited. Tools: two tools were utilized in the study: (1) Nurses' Structured Interview Questionnaire; it was composed of two parts, (2) Nurses' Practice Observation Checklist. Results: The mean age of the studied nurses was 28.5 ± 7.53 years, with 50% holding a technical institute degree. Results indicated that 81.7% of the nurses had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding acute pulmonary edema care. Conversely, 94.1% demonstrated competent practice in arterial blood gas sampling, and 86.7% exhibited competent practice in overall care. Conclusion: While more than three-quarters of the participants demonstrated an unsatisfactory level of theoretical knowledge, the majority showed a competent level of clinical practice in managing patients with acute pulmonary edema. Furthermore, the study revealed no statistically significant correlation between the nurses' level of practice and their level of knowledge. Recommendation: This study should be replicated with a larger sample size across diverse hospital settings to ensure the generalizability of the results.
SN - 3009-6766
SN - 1687-9546
ER -