ABSTRAK Instalasi gawat darurat merupakan unit terpenting dalam operasional di suaturumah sakit. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kompetensiperawat dalam penanganan gangguan jalan nafas di instalasi gawat darurat disalah satu rumah sakit di Jakarta. Kompetensi tersebut terdiri dari pengetahuan,sikap dan keterampilan. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kategorik,dengan desain cross sectional dan melibatkan 22 perawat. Hasil penelitianmenunjukkan untuk kategori pengetahuan, perawat yang meiliki pengetahuankurang sebanyak 14 perawat, sedangkan pengetahuan baik sebanyak 8 perawat.Untuk kategori sikap, perawat yang memilik sikap baik sebanyak 20 perawat,sedangkan sikap kurang sebanyak 2 perawat. Untuk kategori keterampilan,perawat yang memiliki keterampilan baik sebanyak 15 perawat, sedangkanperawat dengan keterampilan kurang sebanyak 7 perawat. Penelitian inimenyarankan peningkatan kompetensi perawat khususnya pengetahuan, sikap danketerampilan dalam penanganan gangguan jalan nafas melalui pendidikan,pelatihan, seminar, dan workshop. ABSTRACT Emergency department is the most important unit in a hospital. This study aims todescribe nurses competences in handling airways disorder in emergency room, ina hospital in Jakarta. These competences consist of knowledge, attitude, an skills.This was a descriptive study with a cross sectional design. Involving 22 nursesworking in an emergency room as the sample. This study showed that in thecategory of knowledge 14 nurses had less knowledge, whereas 8 nurses had goodknowledge. In the attitude category, 20 nurses had good attitude, while 2 nurseshad poor attitude. In the skill category, there were 15 nurses had good skill, while7 nurses had less skill. This study suggests that knowledge, attitude, and skill ofnurses in the Emergency Department have to improve these competences throughtraining, seminars and workshop |