. Kobra Azizian; . Arman Azadi; . Yousef Veisani; . Mohammadreza Bastami
Volume 10, Issue 5 , May 2020, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Majority of critical care nurses do not have desirable skills in performingendotracheal tube suctioning (ETS) despite related training taught in the curricula. This study ...
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INTRODUCTION: Majority of critical care nurses do not have desirable skills in performingendotracheal tube suctioning (ETS) despite related training taught in the curricula. This study aimedto investigate and compare the effect of education through video and performance feedback (PF)on nurses’ skills in performing ETS.METHODS: This was a quasi‑experimental study. The sample size comprised of all nurses (n = 49)working in the intensive care unit of one of the educational hospital located in one of the westerncities of Iran. Nurses were assigned to either one of educational video (EV) and PF groups. Datawere collected using a 25‑item structured best practices information sheet. Data were analyzed usingSPSS software version 20 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).RESULTS: After the interventions, no significant difference was found in the total mean score ofnurses’ practice in ETS between those who received education through EV and those who receivedthrough PF (16.3 vs. 15.1) (P > 0.05). Before and after the intervention, a significant improvementwas observed in the total mean score and other dimensions of nurses’ practice in endotrachealsuctioning (P < 0.0001).CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that both of methods through feedback and EV are usefulin improving nurses’ ETS practice. However, further studies are required to examine the effects ofsuch interventions in the long term.
