Investigation of Evidence-Based Endotracheal Aspiration Applications in Intensive Care Nurses
Journal Title: International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: This study was conducted to investigate the level of knowledge and practice status of nurses working in intensive care unit on evidence-based endotracheal aspiration applications. Methods: The sample of this descriptively planned study was consisted of 67 intensive care nurses who were voluntarily participated and working in Intensive Care Units of a public hospital. The data was collected by reviewing the literature, using Nurse Presentation Form prepared by the researchers to determine the knowledge and application status of nurses about evidence-based endotracheal aspiration applications. In the evaluation of the data, number and percentage calculations were used. Results: It was determined that the average age of the nurses participating in the study was 26.00±6.01 (min-max:20-45), 58.2% of the nurses had a bachelor’s degree, 41.8% were working as an intensive care nurse for 0-1 year. The applications which were most frequently used by nurses in endotracheal aspiration applications were detected as respectively; “Before the aspiration procedure, individual patient evaluation should be done during and after the procedure and the patients should be closely monitored” (95.5%), “The aspiration catheter should not block more than half of the internal diameter of the artificial airway catheter” (91%). When the cases where the nurses know whether the application was evidence-based or not, it was determined respectively; “In patients who were intubated in hospital, aseptic technique should be done while aspiration.” (91%), "The duration of aspiration should not be longer than 10-15 seconds" (83.6%). Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that the rate of knowledge about endotracheal aspiration applications are evidence-based of nurses was moderate, it was concluded as the nurses’ knowledge and practices should be supported.
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Yurdanur Dikmen
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