Abstract
Modern medical care and treatment rely on the use of various mechanical devices, such as orally inserted tracheal tubes. Therefore, in a clinical setting, nursing staff are required to have some advanced skills and knowledge about the mechanical function, components and materials of such medical devices in order to perform their duties with acceptable levels of skill and safety. Medical workers do not usually consider that glycerin enemas delivered using disposable devices for constipation might be associated with medical accidents, as they are used so commonly on a daily basis. However, such accidents have occurred due to poor nursing skills, and so there is a need to investigate nursing skills and safety based on existing evidence. The present investigation was performed to assess the nursing skills necessary for prevention of medical accidents by examining knowledge of anatomical science, toxicologic pathology, general science and engineering among nursing staff. It was found that better knowledge of science and engineering would produce staff with more advanced and safe scientific nursing skills. The authors believe that science and engineering research has a major role to play in the field of nursing science as an interdisciplinary profession.
