ABSTRACT
@#Introduction: Evidence based practice is an approach to facilitating the transfer of evidence into quality clinical practice. Nurses as professional health workers should refer to evidence-based approach in providing nursing care. One of them is recording Electrocardiogram (ECG). ECG is a common test performed for patients with cardiovascular. However, in some regions in developing countries with limited facilities such as ECG conductors, ECG recording is difficult to be performed. This research aimed to investigate the possibilities of substitutions conductors for ECG that seek from the artifacts of ECG recording results using 0.9% NaCl, jelly, distilled water and without conductor in ECG tests. Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental design using a randomized post-test only control trial approach. The study was conducted on inpatients and outpatients who were performed ECG test by a cardiologist who is a member of the research team. A samples size of 81 people were obtained through purposive sampling technique and divided into three groups. The research instrument used for all groups was an observation guideline for the artifact images of ECG recording results. Results: The results showed that there was no significant difference of the artifact images resulted from using 0.9% NaCl, distilled water, and jelly as conductors in ECG tests. While ECG recording resulted between NaCl and without conductor showed that there was significant difference between two groups indicated by the p value of 0.010 (α=0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, it was found that 0.9% NaCl and distilled water were effective to be used as conductors to substitute jelly to obtain a good recording result of ECG tests.