Nurses' Role Regarding Care of Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

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1 B.Sc. Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

2 Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

3 Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

4 Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Backgrounds: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a critical condition affecting diabetic patients that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment, with nurses playing a crucial role in delivering safe patient care. Aim of the study: This study aimed to evaluate nurses' role regarding care of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. Subjects and methods: Study design: descriptive, exploratory design was used. Setting: Data were collected from Paid ICU and general ICU of internal medicine hospital at Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt. Subjects: The study has been carried on 50 ICU nurses from the same hospital setting. Tools of data collections: Two tools were employed for data gathering. First: An interview questionnaire to gather demographics data about the study subjects and questioning to assess nurses' knowledge level regarding diabetic ketoacidosis. The Second tool was an observation checklist for assessing nurses' practical skills regarding care of DKA patients. Results: this study indicated that 62.0% of studied subjects were over 25 years old, female and technical nursing institute graduates. Over half were single, had more than 3 years of ICU experience and had attended training courses regarding DKA, 80.0% of study subjects had unsatisfactory scores of overall knowledge, and 72.0% had unsatisfactory practice level. Conclusion: most nurses under study showed unsatisfactory level of all knowledge score and nearly to three quarters represented unsatisfactory levels in whole practical skills regarding care of DKA patients. Additionally, there’s a positively significant relation between knowledge and practice scores. Recommendation: This study recommended to implement regular refresher training and educating programs for improving nurses' knowledge and practices regarding diabetic ketoacidosis.

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