Abstract
Aim: The research was carried out to determine the knowledge level of nurses in interpreting electrocardiography findings.
Method: The research, which was applied as a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test without a control group, was completed with 134 volunteer nurses working in the intensive care and inpatient clinics of a training and research hospital in Turkey. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was used as a data collection tool in the research. 134 nurses in the study were pre-tested by the researcher, 52 nurses who agreed to receive training were given one-on-one electrocardiography training and the post-test was administered. The dataset was evaluated with the SPSS program.
Results: While the pre-test knowledge level of the nurses participating in the study was higher in the cases of receiving postgraduate education, working in intensive care and having previously received electrocardiography training; in the last test, it was determined that they were more likely to have a postgraduate education, nine years or less of professional experience, and nine years or less of clinical experience (p<0.05). It has been observed that electrocardiography interpretation scores of nurses who were low before the training increased significantly after the given training (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It was determined that one-to-one electrocardiography training given to nurses increased the knowledge level of nurses in ECG interpretation. It is recommended that training plans in the field of nursing be made at frequent intervals, one-on-one if possible, and using visual material support.