Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To explore and analyze the current status of defibrillator use by nurses in non-core departments of tertiary hospitals. Methods From May 2024 to November 2024, a total of 267 nurses in non-core departments of tertiary hospitals were selected as the research subjects. A questionnaire survey was conducted on nurses in non-core departments of the hospital using a self-made questionnaire on defibrillator use in the hospital to clarify the overall mastery of defibrillator use knowledge by nurses in non-core departments of tertiary hospitals and the mastery of defibrillator use-related knowledge by nurses in non-core departments of different educational backgrounds, ages, working hours and levels. Results The overall mastery of defibrillator use knowledge by non-core department nursing staff was 75.28%. There was no significant difference in the mastery of defibrillator use knowledge among non-core department nursing staff of different ages and different educational backgrounds (P＞0.05). The mastery of defibrillator use knowledge by non-core department nursing staff with high working years and high levels was higher than that by non-core department nursing staff with low working years and low levels (P＜0.05). Conclusion The mastery of defibrillator use and related knowledge by non-core department nursing staff in tertiary hospitals is at a medium level and still needs to be improved. In terms of defibrillator use, low-level and low-year non-core department nursing staff have insufficient knowledge of defibrillator use, which needs to be paid enough attention to. The mastery of defibrillator use skills by non-core department nursing staff can be improved by strengthening theoretical knowledge and practical operation function training.

Tertiary hospital; Non-core department nurses; Defibrillator use