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Knowledge levels of intensive care nurses on prevention of ventilator‐associated pneumonia
Author(s) -
Akın Korhan Esra,
Hakverdioğlu Yönt Gülendam,
Parlar Kılıç Serap,
Uzelli Derya
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1111/nicc.12038
Subject(s) - ventilator associated pneumonia , medicine , interquartile range , pneumonia , intensive care unit , intensive care , critical care nursing , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , health care , economics , economic growth
ABSTRACT Background Ventilator‐associated pneumonia constitutes a significant concern for ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. Aim This study was planned to evaluate the knowledge of nurses working in general intensive care units concerning evidence‐based measures for the prevention of ventilator‐associated pneumonia. Method This study design is cross‐sectional. It was carried out on nurses working in the general intensive care units of anesthiology and re‐animation clinics. Collection of research data was performed by means of a Nurse Identification Form and a Form of Evidence‐Based Knowledge concerning the Prevention of Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia. Characterization statistics were shown by percentage, median and interquartile range. Chi‐square and Wilcoxon tests and Kruskal‐Wallis tests were used as appropriate. Results The median value of total points scored by nurses on the questionnaire was 4.00 ± 2.00. The difference between the nurses' education levels, duration of work experience and participation in in‐service training programmes on ventilator‐associated pneumonia prevention and the median value of their total scores on the questionnaire was found to be statistically significant ( p < 0.05). Conclusion The conclusion of the study was that critical care nurses' knowledge about ventilator‐associated pneumonia prevention is poor.