Effect of the evidence-based nursing educational programme for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care nurses / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish the evidence-based nursing educational programme for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and evaluate the effects in critical care nurses. Methods The evidence-based nursing practice guidelines for preventing VAP from 2008 American Association of Critical Care Nurses was used as training materials,which guided the curriculum design. Seventeen critical care nurses were trained. The difference of the nurses' knowledge and practice was evaluated before and after training by an evaluation scale of nursing quality criteria for preventing VAP. Results After the training,nurses' knowledge and practice of preventing VAP were improved(Z=-3.624,P=0.000). Except the factor score of handwashing,there were significant differences on the factor scores of body position care,endotracheal tube care,enteral nutrition,maintaining the tube cuff pressure,oral care and ventilator equipment management (P<0.01). Conclusion The educational programme of evidence-based nursing for preventing VAP can improve the nurses' knowledge and practice of preventing VAP. Furthermore,it can promote the application of evidence-based nursing for preventing VAP,and thereby to improve the quality of nursing,and provide guidance for the training of critical care nurses and continuing education.