scholarly journals Development of Evidence-based Nursing Practice Guidelines for Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Management in Hospitalized Children and Adult

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Ju Kim ◽  
Sun-Mi Lee ◽  
Ho-Ran Park ◽  
Kyeong-Yae Sohng ◽  
Seok-Jung Kim

Aims: The purpose of this study was to report on the development of evidence-based practice guidelines.Design: Developmental research for practice guidelines.Methods: The guidelines developmental process was designed according to a procedure provided by Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). A first step, key clinical questions were selected. Next, 74 studies were selected from studies of 719 according to a search strategy, and then methodological quality of those studies was evaluated using assessment tool of SIGN. After the evaluation of draft guidelines including recommendations and their grades, the contents were modified. Last, definitive guidelines were evaluated using Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) tool.Result: The guidelines consist of three categories and 64 recommendations, i.e. nine recommendations for user before peripheral intravenous catheterization (PIVC), 26 recommendations during PIVC, and 29 recommendations after PIVC. Content validity was revealed to 70-78% by experts’ agreement. Conclusion: These guidelines were completed throughout systematic reviews and evaluations by clinical experts. Their contents are also included about overall managements for PIV therapy. Therefore these guidelines could help PIV practitioners to make evidence based decision.Relevance to clinical practice: The method and result of this study are described specifically in figures, tables and appendix, which could give guidance to nurses who develop guidelines regarding other subjects.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seven Sitorus

Background: Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is disease characterized by obstruction air flow in the breath not wholly reversible. One treatment can be done on improving exercise tolerance is exercise respiration as pursed lip breathing ( PLB ). Purse lip breathing is a techniques of breathing carried out to expelling air by creating power through  in move closer /pursed lips. Purpose: provide an illustration of the application of the practice of evidence based nursing of pursed lip breathing in patients COPD in RSUP Persahabatan Jakarta. Method:  the implementation of the practice of evidence based nursing pursed lip breathing is applied to 12 people sample ( 10 men and 2 women ) diagnosed with COPD exacerbation. Result: the majority of sex respondents is man as many as 10 ( 83,3 % ) persons and women as many as 2 ( 16,7 % ) a person .mean the age of respondents is 61,5 years ± 10.4 .mean the value of PEF ( Peak Expiratory Flow ), the value of the saturation oxygen , the value of respiratori rate before the intervention in a consecutive manner is 131.6 ±  44.6; 92.1 ± 2.44; 31.5 ±  2 . While value after the intervention is 175.0 ±  60.0; 97,1 ± 1.6; 22,6 ± 1.7 with P value = 0.001, α = 0.05. Conclusions: there are significant influence the application of pursed lip breathing between before and after the intervention in patients COPD. Advice: Intervention evidence based nursing can be applied to all patients COPD so reached the quality of care of nursing based on research


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Runnacles ◽  
Libby Thomas ◽  
James Korndorffer ◽  
Sonal Arora ◽  
Nick Sevdalis

IntroductionDebriefing is essential to maximise the simulation-based learning experience, but until recently, there was little guidance on an effective paediatric debriefing. A debriefing assessment tool, Objective Structured Assessment of Debriefing (OSAD), has been developed to measure the quality of feedback in paediatric simulation debriefings. This study gathers and evaluates the validity evidence of OSAD with reference to the contemporary hypothesis-driven approach to validity.MethodsExpert input on the paediatric OSAD tool from 10 paediatric simulation facilitators provided validity evidence based on content and feasibility (phase 1). Evidence for internal structure validity was sought by examining reliability of scores from video ratings of 35 postsimulation debriefings; and evidence for validity based on relationship to other variables was sought by comparing results with trainee ratings of the same debriefings (phase 2).ResultsSimulation experts’ scores were significantly positive regarding the content of OSAD and its instructions. OSAD's feasibility was demonstrated with positive comments regarding clarity and application. Inter-rater reliability was demonstrated with intraclass correlations above 0.45 for 6 of the 7 dimensions of OSAD. The internal consistency of OSAD (Cronbach α) was 0.78. Pearson correlation of trainee total score with OSAD total score was 0.82 (p<0.001) demonstrating validity evidence based on relationships to other variables.ConclusionThe paediatric OSAD tool provides a structured approach to debriefing, which is evidence-based, has multiple sources of validity evidence and is relevant to end-users. OSAD may be used to improve the quality of debriefing after paediatric simulations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikos Rikos ◽  
Manolis Linardakis ◽  
Michael Rovithis ◽  
Anastas Philalithis

ABSTRACT Objective: To record and identify the characteristics of nursing handovers in a tertiary hospital. Method: Observational study. Twenty-two nurses participated in 11 nursing handovers in 2015/16, using a recorded audio system and an unstructured observation form. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed. Results: Thirty characteristics were identified. The nursing handovers were based on the clinical status of patients, and all nurses obtained specialized scientific knowledge specific to the clinical environment. The information used was not based on nursing diagnoses and not in accordance with best nursing clinical practice. The following four clusters emerged among the 30 characteristics: 1) the use of evidence-based nursing practice, 2) the nonuse of evidence-based nursing practice and its correlation with strained psychological environment, 3) patient management and the clinical skills/knowledge of nurses, and 4) handover content, quality of information transferred and specialization. Conclusion: Multiple characteristics were observed. The majority of characteristics were grouped based on common features, and 4 main clusters emerged. The investigation and understanding of structural relations between these characteristics and their respective clusters may lead to an improvement in the quality of nursing health care services.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Zahra Tayebi Myaneh ◽  
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Maryam Azadi ◽  
Seyedeh Zahra Hosseinigolafshani ◽  
Farnoosh Rashvand ◽  
...  

Background: Evidence-based nursing care guidelines are important tools for increasing the quality of nurses’ clinical work. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of implementing evidence-based nursing care guidelines on the quality of care of patients admitted to the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study on 54 nurses in NICUs of hospitals affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences selected using a convenience sampling technique and divided into two groups of intervention and control. The intervention included the teaching of evidence-based nursing guidelines and their implementation by the nurses. Before and two months after the intervention, the demographic characteristics and the quality of nurses’ patient care in both groups was evaluated by using a demographic form and a standard checklist with 37 items designed based on the standards of practice for All Registered Nurses (ANA). Data were analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive statistics (Mean±SD), and paired t-test, independent t-test and chi-square test. Findings: The mean score of nursing care quality in the two groups was not significantly different before intervention (P>0.05). After intervention, the mean score was 25.11±6.2 in the intervention group and 20.29±5.3 in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Implementation of evidence-based nursing care guidelines can improve the quality of nursing care. Therefore, it is recommended that the teaching of evidence-based nursing care guidelines should be on the agenda of the hospitals’ education unit and related departments.


2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Dawidziuk ◽  
Rishikesh Gandhewar ◽  
Kamal Shah ◽  
Kalyan Vemulapalli

Abstract Aims To evaluate the understandability, actionability and quality of perioperative patient information conveyed by YouTube videos covering safety of elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods YouTube search strategy was optimised using a combination of “COVID”, “safety”, and “surgery” terms. Each video was screened by two independent reviewers. The search was conducted on 9 January 2021. The understandability and actionability of videos were evaluated using validated Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT). Quality of perioperative patient information was determined with a novel 4-point checklist based on recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The effect of video type on PEMAT and quality scores was assessed with Kruskal-Wallis Test. Scores were correlated with video metrics using Spearman's Rank. Results The primary search revealed 594 videos. After deduplication and exclusions, 108 materials were analysed. Majority of videos (n = 89) originated from the USA, with only 4 produced in the UK. Hospital-produced videos had the highest understandability scores [median (IQR): 83.33% (18.40%)] and patient testimonies the lowest [55.91% (33.24%)] (p=0.002). Hospital materials were also most actionable [2.25 (2.40)], with news reports scoring lowest [0.0 (0.8)] (p=0.049). Social distancing, preoperative COVID-19 testing, and wearing face masks were mentioned in 46, 41, and 48 videos respectively. Only 9 materials recommended self-isolation before surgery. There was no significant correlation between video metrics (e.g., length) and scores. Conclusions Short UK-specific videos should be created to outline accurate patient instructions for elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide reassurance to help reduce the surgical backlog.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Christine Mupepele ◽  
Jessica C. Walsh ◽  
William J. Sutherland ◽  
Carsten F. Dormann

Reliability of scientific findings is important, especially if they directly impact decision making, such as in environmental management. In the 1990s, assessments of reliability in the medical field resulted in the development of evidence-based practice. Ten years later, evidence-based practice was translated into conservation, but so far no guidelines exist on how to assess the evidence of individual studies. Assessing the evidence of individual studies is essential to appropriately identify and summarize the confidence in research findings. We develop a tool to assess the strength of evidence of ecosystem services and conservation studies. This tool consists of (1) a hierarchy of evidence, based on the experimental design of studies and (2) a critical-appraisal checklist that identifies the quality of research implementation. The application is illustrated with 13 examples and we suggest further steps required to move towards more evidence-based environmental management.


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