Investigation and analysis on nurses' recognition on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube

Abstract

Objective To investigate nurses' recognition on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube. Methods Questionnaire survey on the recognition's degree on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube were performed in several nurses in Beijing 731 hosiptal. Results Nurses' recognition on the knowledge of cuffed ballons administration for patients with endotracheal tube have some deficiency, however, the accuracy of evaluating the cuffed balloon's pressure scientifically is 34.8%. Comparing the degree of mastering cuffed balloon's inflating volume, deflating frequency, deflating time among the nurses from different section office, with different titles,whether have ICU work experience , whether have endtracheal intubation nursing experience, in all of the aspect above, the differences between them have statistically significant. (P<0.05) Especially, the nurse-in-charge's degree of mastering is much better than the other junior nurses obviously, so the difference have highly statistics significance (P<0. 01 ). ICU nurses with degree of mastering are better than nurses in other section offices (P<0. 05). Conclusions The rational cuffed balloon administration is very important in clinical nursing activity, more than all, the first step of recognjtion on the related cuffed balloon knowledge is the cuffed balloon administration. The suggestion is to carry out the hospital-wide forums and lectures, to strengthen cross-training among different section offices continuously, to improve the nursing technology level of cuffed balloon administration and to improve the nursing quality, could promote the rate of successful rescue of critical patient and reduce their pain. Key words: Nurse; Cuffed balloon administration; Related knowledge