Cardiac Catheterization is an invasive diagnostic procedure used widely in which radio-opaque arterial and venous catheters are introduced into selected blood vessels of the right and left sides of the heart. Coronary angiography is the gold standard test for identifying the presence and extent of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The study aims to assess the knowledge Aim: and practices among staff nurses regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization in selected hospitals of Guwahati. descriptive Method: research study was conducted among 45 staff nurses working in ICCU & Cath Lab in selected hospitals of Guwahati, Assam. The nurses were selected by using convenience sampling technique. Semi-structured questionnaire, for assessing knowledge, inventory checklist and observation checklist for assessment of practices were used. It was found that majori Result: ty 35(77.8%) of the staff nurses had moderately adequate knowledge and remaining 10(22.2%) of the respondents had adequate knowledge. Majority 25(56%) of the staff nurses had moderately adequate practice and 20(44%) staff nurses had adequate practices regarding patient safety after cardiac catheterization. The mean of knowledge score and practice score were 11.4 and 72.1 respectively. Low positive correlation was found between knowledge and practice. There was no association of knowledge with the selected demographic variables i.e age, experience, training attended. The nurses need Conclusion: continuous in-service education in a regular basis. Standard practice checklist for patient safety after cardiac catheterization will help the nurses in delivering the care to the patient.
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