Effect of Implemented Nursing Care on Breathing Discomfort and Weaning Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 14, Volume 8, Issue 23 - Serial Number 1, December 2020, Pages 141-149 PDF (719.64 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2020.48029.1064 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Mamdouh Aziz* 1; mona Aly Mohamed2; Mervat Anwer Abd el aziz3 | ||
| 1Critical care, faculty of nursing, Assiut university | ||
| 2Critical Care and Emergency nursing, Faculty of Nursing department, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt | ||
| 3Critical care and emergency nursing department-faculty of nursing-assiut university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Background: Breathing discomfort is one of the worst experienced symptoms by the mechanically ventilated patients in ICUs Aim: to evaluate the effect of implemented nursing care on breathing discomfort and weaning outcomes for patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Setting: General intensive care unit at Assuit university hospital. Patients and methods: Convenient sample of 80 patients(40 patients for study group and 40 patient for control group) who were mechanically ventilated for >24 hrs. Breathing discomfort was evaluated according to patient conscious level and nursing care was done for study group and routine care for control group. Tools : Four tools were used for data collection in the study; Patient assessment, breathing discomfort evaluation: Part I :Respiratory distress observation scale(RDOS) and Part II: Dyspnea Visual Analogue Scale(D-VAS), Patient outcomes assessment and nursing intervention tool Results: High statistical significant difference between study group and control group in relation to arterial blood gases and haemodynamic parameters after intervention. Concerning weaning outcomes; 57% of control group experienced weaning failure versus 35% in study group Conclusion: Implementing nursing care among the mechanically ventilated patients were effective in improving patient outcomes. Recommendations: Apply nursing care for breathing discomfort as a routine care in ICUs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Breathing Discomfort; Mechanically Ventilated; Nursing Care & Outcomes | ||
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