| dc.description.abstract | Considering the increasing number of cardiovascular diseases around the world, early diagnosis and
easy accesibility are required to appropriate treatment in order to reduce mortality rate and to prevent
heart disorders. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most widely diagnostic tool that used to detect
electrical and muscular functions of the heart. Nurses, as a part of the emergency services team, are
the most number of health workers in the hospital with high interaction to patients, so the ability of
nurses who are capable in interpreting electrocardiogram is urgently needed to provide accurate
interpretation during emergency situation. The goal of this literature review is to is to evaluate the
nurses competencies of electrocardiogram interpretation in emergency settings. A review of the
literature was undertaken using the online databases: PubMed, Science direct, Research Gate and
Google scholar. Search terms were 'electrocardiogram or ECG', ' competency or capability',
„nurses‟and 'emergency' A total of 8 articles from 2016-2021 used in this literature review were
quantitative research, 7 of which were cross sectional studies while one was a quasi-experimental.
Inductive content analysis was carried out to analyse and categorise the data. From eight studies
selected, it was found that three articles showed a lack of emergency nurses‟ competence in
electrocardiogram interpretation, two articles indicated that above half of nurses has low and moderate
competence, one article presented 54% has ability in interpreting electrocardiogram while only one
article inidicated the result that emergency nurses has good competence (93%) respectively. The
competence in electrocardiogram interpretation of emergency nurses are still lack, thus, continuous
training is urgently needed. | en_US |
