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Objective To investigate the current status and influencing factors of critical care nurses′attitude of nursing adverse events reporting, so as to provide the reference for the management of nursing adverse events. Methods The Reporting of Clinical Adverse Effects Scale (RoCAES) was used to investigate 200 ICU nurses in a tertiary hospitals in Sichuan Province. Results The total score of critical care nurses′attitude of nursing adverse events reporting was (62.33 ± 8.43) points. The scores of 4 dimensions from low to high in order were the reporting purpose (2.02 ± 0.74) points, the reporting environment (2.13 ± 0.78) points, the reporting influence (2.59 ± 0.76) points and the reporting standard(2.92 ± 0.75) points. Nursing jobs, the adverse events experience and work experience influenced nurses′attitude of nursing adverse events reporting(P<0.05). Conclusions Nurses′attitude of nursing adverse events reporting in ICU was at the medium level, the overall results biased in favor of the negative, and it needed to be further improved. Nurse managers should take further measures to improve nursing safety management to improve the rate of reported adverse events in nursing, ensure the patients′safety and improve the quality of nursing care.
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Objective To analyze and discuss the negative effects of atomization inhalation in mechanical ventilation patients in intensive care unit. Methods A retrospective study of all the mechanical ventilation patients in the general ICU of our hospital was carried out from Aprilto December 2015. The risk of multidrug-resistant organisms(MDROs)colonizationin the lower respiratory tract and ventilation associated pneumonia(VAP)in mechanical ventilation patients were analyzed. Results A total of 922 patients were monitored, 160 of whom had atomization inhalation, 92 for MDROs colonizationin the lower respiratory tract and 18 for VAP. The rates ofatomization inhalation in patients with and without MDROs colonizationin the lower respiratory tract were 30.4%(28/92)and 15.9%(132/830)with statistical difference (χ2=12.193, P=0.000). And those in patients with and without VAP were 50.0%(9/18) and 16.7%(151/904), with statistical difference (χ2=11.420, P=0.000). Atomization inhalation was the independent risk factor both of MDROs colonizationin the lower respiratory tract(OR=1.917, 95%CI1.163-3.159, P=0.011) and VAP(OR=4.613, 95%CI 1.773-12.002, P=0.000) in mechanical ventilation patients. Conclusions Atomization inhalation may increase the risk of MDROs colonizationin the lower respiratory tract and VAP in mechanical ventilation patients. Thus unnecessary and too frequent operations of atomization inhalation should be decreased.
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Readiness for hospital discharge is an important measure to ensure the safety of patient discharge. Evaluating the readiness for hospital discharge can help medical staff to avoid premature discharge of patients and to reduce the incidence of complications and readmission rate. This paper reviews the concept, content and tools of assessment, and the research interests and fields of discharge readiness, so as to provide help and support for further research.
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Objective To compare the differences of temperature results between mercury thermometer and infrared thermometer. Methods The temperature of three parts was recorded respectively by mercury thermometer in axilla and infrared thermometer in forehead and earlobe on the same patient, totally 98 patients were recorded in ICU. Results There was statistical difference of three parts' temperature in 98 cases. It could be assumed that axilla temperature ＞ earlobe temperature ＞ forehead temperature;There was no statistical difference of three parts' temperature in 17 cases with temperature 38.0～38.9 ℃ by mercury thermometer, but the difference had clinical significance. It could be assumed that axilla temperature ＞ earlobe temperature ＞ forehead temperature; There was statistical difference of three parts' temperature in 30 cases with temperature at 37.0～37.9 ℃ by mercury thermometer. It could be assumed that axilla temperature ＞ earlobe temperature ＞ forehead temperature. There was no statistical difference of three parts'temperature in 51 cases with temperature at 35.0～36.9 ℃ by mercury thermometer. Conclusions Temperature of the patients with normal axilla temperature could be monitored by infrared thermometer instead of mercury thermometer,but it is not applicable to the patients with fever.