Abstract
The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system can provide cardiopulmonary support to and reduce the mortality rate in severely ill newborns. According to our investigation, completion rate of the care process among staff nurses was only 63.5% in our ward. We assumed that the reasons for the above problems included: lack of care awareness, unfamiliarity with the ECMO operation process, inadequate instruments preparation, improper ECMO pipeline fixation, lack of designated space in the unit for placing ECMO supplies, lack of specialty care guidelines, lack of a regular inspection system, and lack of regular on-the-job education. Improve awareness related to assisting ECMO placement among nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit and the completeness of care. 1. Create a care process guidebook describing the procedures for ECMO system placement in newborns to help nurse accomplish proper placement. 2. Establish the ECMO system consumables checklist and install an ECMO system-specialized toolbox to reduce the preparation time and smooth the process. 3. Regularly organize comprehensive nurse training and develop performance indicators to enhance ECMO system placement awareness and skills. The cognitive accuracy rate for the assisted placement of ECMO among nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit increased from 51.9% before improvement to 89.9% afterward. Also, the complete care rate of ECMO placement increased from 63.5% before improvement to 100% afterward. This project effectively improved the accuracy rate of nurses involved in assisting with ECMO placement, made the ECMO system placement process easier to implement, improved the care process completion rate, and improved newborn care quality.
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