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The aims of the study were to investigate (i) the level of nurses' knowledge on care of patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICDs<\/jats:styled-content>, (ii) whether knowledge level is related to education and type of hospital where nurses practice and (iii) whether knowledge level changes among nurses over time.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We developed a questionnaire comprising 27 items in four parts: (1) <jats:italic>Sociodemographics<\/jats:italic>, (2) <jats:italic>Technical facts<\/jats:italic> about <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICDs<\/jats:styled-content>, (3) <jats:italic>Daily life challenges<\/jats:italic> and (4) <jats:italic>Self\u2010evaluation of knowledge<\/jats:italic>. After validation, surveys were conducted during 1\u2010week cardiac educational courses in 2003\u20132010. In total, 463 nurses working in cardiology\u2010related areas participated, yielding a response rate of 91%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Practical and technical knowledge about <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICDs<\/jats:styled-content> was lacking. Nurses were unaware or did not know that mobile phones can affect the device (80%), that patients are restricted from driving heavy vehicles (69%), and that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICDs<\/jats:styled-content> can deliver unintended shock therapy (73%). However, they were aware that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICD<\/jats:styled-content> patients can resume sexual (87%) and physical activity (85%). There were few significant differences with regard to education and type of hospital where nurses practiced, but significant time trends in correct answers regarding kitchen appliances, resumption of physical activity and shock delivery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Over an 8\u2010year period, despite the increased usage of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICD<\/jats:styled-content>s, overall nurses had a lack of knowledge in relation to specific key clinical issues on the care of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICD<\/jats:styled-content> patients. As a consequence, these patients may fail to receive qualified care. Future research should assess knowledge of other health care professionals and focus on interventions that increase and maintain an appropriate knowledge level in care of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICD<\/jats:styled-content> patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Relevance to clinical practice<\/jats:bold> The level of nurses' knowledge on care of patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICDs<\/jats:styled-content> needs to be systematically raised in order to ensure appropriate counselling and nursing care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/nicc.12075","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,1,23]],"date-time":"2014-01-23T03:17:02Z","timestamp":1390447022000},"page":"146-154","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Temporal trend analysis of nurses' knowledge about implantable cardioverter defibrillators"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Tone M","family":"Norekv\u00e5l","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Heart Disease Haukeland University Hospital and Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Bergen University College Bergen Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lene RL","family":"Peersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology S\u00f8rlandet Hospital Kristiansand Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kirsten","family":"Seivaag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology S\u00f8rlandet Hospital Kristiansand Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bengt","family":"Fridlund","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway and School of Health Sciences, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tore","family":"Wentzel\u2010Larsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; 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