The Knowledge of Nurses on Standards of Job Description at the Intensive Care Units of Broujerd Hospitals, 2016

Nurse's awareness of the rules and standards of their professional duties, the biggest obstacle to their mission in providing health services, care, treatment, and rehabilitation at the highest level is desirable. This study aimed at determining the level of nurse’s knowledge on the standards of care at intensive care units.
This descriptive cross sectional study on 94 nurses at the ICU (ICU, CCU and NICU) of government hospitals in Boroujerd, was done by sampling throught the census method. The used tools consisted of demographic, general, and specialized nursing duties at intensive care units, and the validity and reliability of the samples was measured by a self-report. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed by SPSS software version 21.
The results showed that mean scores of nurses in the 3 sections were not significantly different (P = 0.06), yet based on age and years of service, there was a statistically significant difference (P 0.05). There was a moderate positive linear correlation between knowledge score and years of service (0.42; P Nurses’ awareness of their mission, and management and official plans for promoting deficiencies in this regard could help promote health.