Nurses perception toward using a new eight vital signs chart at ICUs

24^th Global Nursing & Healthcare

March 01-02, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bayoumi Magda, Al-morshed B, Sayed A, and Mosa A

Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Background: Assessment of the traditional vital signs at ICUs as temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and oxygen saturation are inadequate to determine patients� clinical condition deteriorating; however assessment of eight vital signs should be included in a routine nursing assessment to improve patients� outcomes for appropriate nursing diagnosis on proper time. Aim: To assess nurses� perception toward using a new eight vital signs chart at ICUs Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used in this study composed of 45 nurses from all ICUs at the Beni-Suef University Hospital from November 2015 to January 2017., data were collected using structured interview to assess nurses� perception toward using a new eight vital signs chart at ICUs. Results: The study findings demonstrate the distribution of all nurses� perception items and found more than two third of the study sample (68.9%) were agreed to use eight vital signs, and almost all nurses had fantastic perception to eight vital signs, moreover about (84.4%) had adequate knowledge regarding assessment of pain, level of consciousness, urine output , as well as more than half of study sample reported the degree of importance is extremely important to assess additional three vital signs with basic vital signs (55.6%) . However barrier may face nurses to assess pain, level of consciousness and urine output were reported high percentage (91.1%), and (97.8%) agreed to use the new eight vital signs chart at ICUs and defiantly it will help for better design of Nursing Diagnosis. Conclusion: ICU nurses strongly agreed to apply new 8 vital signs chart at ICUs for meticulous designing of nursing diagnosis of patients� clinically unstable. Recommendation: The study is recommended to consider the importance of application a new eight vital signs chart instead of traditional five vital signs and generalized it in the hospital documentation system. Keywords: Eight vital signs, ICUs, Nurses� Perception, Egypt.

Biography :

Magda Bayoumi is currently working as an assistant professor in Beni -Suef University and the specialization is on Critical Nursing. DR. Magda Bayoumi is RN,MSN,DSN Lecturerin the Medical-Surgical Nursing Department of Beni- Suef University, Egypt.

Email: mbayoumi@nursing.bsu.edu.eg