Exploring the competency of the Jordanian intensive care nurses towards endotracheal tube and oral care practices for mechanically ventilated patients: an observational study

Oral care is an important feature of nursing; it is known that oropharynx is considered the main reservoir of bacterial colonization, so the removal of oral infection is a major duty of all health care providers, particularly nurses. We performed this study to explore endotracheal tube and oral care...

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Published in:Global journal of health science 2012-12, Vol.5 (1), p.203-213
Main Authors: Batiha, Abdul-Monim Mohammad, Bashaireh, Ibrahim, Albashtawy, Mohammed, Shennaq, Sami
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical Care - standards
Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Intensive Care Units - manpower
Intensive Care Units - standards
Intubation, Intratracheal - adverse effects
Intubation, Intratracheal - nursing
Jordan
Nasopharynx - microbiology
Observation
Oral Hygiene - nursing
Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects
Respiration, Artificial - nursing
Respiration, Artificial - standards
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Summary:Oral care is an important feature of nursing; it is known that oropharynx is considered the main reservoir of bacterial colonization, so the removal of oral infection is a major duty of all health care providers, particularly nurses. We performed this study to explore endotracheal tube and oral care practices for mechanically ventilated patients of Jordanian intensive care nurses, and to study Jordanian intensive care nurses' practices during, prior to, and post endotracheal tube and oral care for mechanically ventilated patients. Endotracheal tube and oral care of Jordanian intensive care nurses for mechanically ventilated patients was compared with recommendations for endotracheal tube and oral care of American Association of Critical Care Nurses and guidelines of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Non- participant structured observational design was conducted using a 24 -item structured observational schedule. The findings show that nurses different in their oral care practices; did not follow American Association of Critical Care Nurses recommendations; and therefore delivered lower-quality oral care than predictable. Important inconsistencies were observed in the nurses' hyperoxygenation, respiratory assessment techniques and infection control practices.
ISSN:1916-9736
1916-9744
DOI:10.5539/gjhs.v5n1p203