EVALUATING THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE OF CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE NURSES WITH ROTATING SHIFT WORK IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

Cardiac intensive care nurses play a vital role in facilitating the initial evaluation
of susceptible Patients with myocardial infarction and their caring behaviors is of utmost importance.
The present research seeks to study the level of performance of cardiac intensive care nurses with
rotating shift work in the care of patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Material & Methods: This study is a descriptive – analytical cross sectional study in which 74 nurses
with rotating shift work in the cardiac intensive care units of Urmia hospitals that met the inclusion
criteria, selection and was recruited as census.The tools used for data analysis were divided into two
parts: first, the demographic features, and secondly, the author-made checklist composed of 38
statements in caring for the patients with acute coronary syndrome. The performance of all the
participants in the three working shifts in the morning, afternoon and night was studied and their average
performance scores were calculated in three shifts. The data was analyzed by SPSS v.19, using
descriptive and inferential statistics (ANOVA repeated measurements).
Results: As the results indicated, the average score of the nurses was 21.04 ± 2.33. Also significant
differences was obtained in mean performance of nurses in different shifts (P=0/048).
Conclusion: Since in this study the performance of nurses in the care of patients with acute coronary
syndrome was at moderate level; it is essential that hospital administrators and nursing officials were
aware of the factors affecting performance of nurses and efforts to improve it.