Effect of Clinical Guideline Concerning Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Nurses’ Knowledge in Open Heart Surgery Center.

Open-heart surgery is considered a major surgery with potential risks and complications, but it is a lifesavingoperation that can treat a variety of diseases such as heart valve disease, heart birth defects, andcoronary artery disease. A Quasi- experimental design has been used in the existing study to evaluatethe effect of clinical guideline concerning cardiopulmonary bypass on nurses’ knowledge in open heartsurgery center in AL-Najaf AL-Ashraf city at Al-Najaf center for cardiac surgery and trans-cathetertherapy through the period October 1th, 2020 to, April 19th , 2021. The results of the study show there isa high significant effect of the educational program, it also, show that high Significant mean differenceamong study group concerning pre-test and post-test scores at p-value (0.0001). Also, in this study thereis a significant association between posttest knowledge and year of experience as a perfusionists andnumber of training courses at p-value (0.02) and (0.01).The study concluded that educational programcan improve in nurses’ knowledge and to produce perfusionists who are able to successfully apply theirknowledge and skills to improve patients’ outcome. The study recommended a written program forall new nurses working in heart-lung machine department, and improving the expertise of nurses andmedical staff through use the finding of the present study to give care for the patient.