• Main Authors: Riitta Turjamaa (Author), Johanna Simon-Bellamy (Author), Leena Salminen (Author), Eliisa Löyttyniemi (Author), Satu Kajander-Unkuri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Ostrava, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 2336-3517; 10.15452/cejnm.2022.13.0007
• Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; competence; graduating nursing student; knowledge-test; nurse competence scale; Nursing; RT1-120; Gynecology and obstetrics; RG1-991
• Source: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 741-753 (2022)

Aim: To describe graduating nursing students' competence based on their knowledge in the nursing of a patient with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and their self-assessed nurse competence. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Methods: The data were collected from 2018-2019 using an ACS test developed for this study and using the Nurse Competence Scale. The sample contained 47 graduating nursing students. The statistical analysis methods were used. Results: Only 48.9% (n = 23) of the students scored an accepted level of knowledge in the nursing of a patient with ACS, and a little over half (51.1%; n = 24) failed the ACS test. Graduating nursing students' self-assessed nurse competence was at a good level (69.7; VAS 0-100). No statistically significant differences in nurse competence assessments occurred between students who passed the ACS test and those who failed it. Conclusion: While graduating nursing students have a good level of nursing competence, their knowledge in the nursing of a patient with ACS was poor. It is important to emphasize the nursing of a patient with ACS in nursing education and to pay especially close attention to interpreting the patient's electrocardiogram findings.