Aaltonen Pamela, Richards Elizabeth Libby, Webster Kay, Davis Lynn
Purdue University School of Nursing, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;26(1):88-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00757.x.
The nursing bag has been a vital tool for public and community health nurses since the early 1900s. However, the practice of utilizing the nursing bag has declined. This study sought to determine whether the practice of teaching students to use a public health nursing bag when making home visits should continue. Deans and directors of all schools of nursing with baccalaureate programs listed on the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Web site (n=437) were e-mailed an exploratory, descriptive self-report survey. Although 32% of responding schools continued to utilize a standard public health bag during home visits, the majority did not. Lack of use of the bags was primarily related to cost and the lack of research demonstrating its efficiency in enhancing the home visit and its value in promoting infection control. The researchers concluded that they would continue to teach the use of the public health nursing bag. It provides a receptacle for equipment and supplies, reinforces the need to be prepared for a variety of situations, and serves as a reminder that handwashing is a routine part of every client's care, regardless of the setting.
自20世纪初以来，护理包一直是公共卫生和社区护士的重要工具。然而，使用护理包的做法已经减少。本研究旨在确定在进行家访时教授学生使用公共卫生护理包的做法是否应继续下去。向在护理教育学院委员会网站上列出的所有拥有学士学位项目的护理学院的院长和主任（n = 437）发送了一份探索性、描述性的自我报告调查问卷。尽管32%的回复学校在进行家访时仍继续使用标准的公共卫生包，但大多数学校并不使用。不使用护理包主要与成本以及缺乏研究证明其在提高家访效果和促进感染控制方面的效率和价值有关。研究人员得出结论，他们将继续教授公共卫生护理包的使用方法。它为设备和用品提供了一个收纳容器，强化了为各种情况做好准备的必要性，并提醒人们洗手是每位患者护理的常规部分，无论在何种环境下。
