A Quasi-experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Management of Patient with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump among Staff Nurses Working in Intensive Care Unit of Selected Hospital

Coronary artery serves as a fuel pipelines to the heart muscles. Patient with one or more risk factors for coronary artery disease is susceptible to the increased buildup of material begins to encroach on the inner channel and starts to interfere with the free flow of blood through the coronary artery. According to the American Heart Association, coronary artery disease caused one of every six deaths in the United States. It estimates that 1.2 million Americans will have a myocardial infarction annually and about one-fourth of these will die in an emergency department or before reaching the hospital. One in 9 death certificates in the United States mentioned heart failure, and >2200 Americans die of the coronary vascular disease each day.[1] A Quasi-experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Management of Patient with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump among Staff Nurses Working in Intensive Care Unit of Selected Hospital