Smith Jennifer, Wakim Judith H, Hill Linda
Anesthesiologists Associated, PC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
AANA J. 2009 Jun;77(3):191-2.
Student nurse anesthetists are often required to purchase an auscultatory earpiece device for use in the clinical setting. Although the device is required, students have observed that many anesthesia providers in the clinical setting no longer use this piece of equipment. The purpose of this project was to determine the number of anesthesia programs that required mandatory purchase of the auscultatory earpiece by student nurse anesthetists. A brief survey was developed to collect data from the directors of all 105 accredited nurse anesthesia programs in the United States. The survey was completed by 63 (60%) of the program directors, and 62 completed surveys were used in the analysis. Results revealed that 95% of the responding nurse anesthesia programs (59 of 62) require esophageal/ precordial stethoscope earpieces for their students, but 46% (27) of those programs provide the earpieces. Most (76%) of the programs required the use of the earpieces in the clinical setting, but only 45% thought that they should be used for monitoring every anesthetic delivered.
学生麻醉护士通常需要购买一种听诊耳机设备用于临床环境。尽管该设备是必需的，但学生们观察到临床环境中的许多麻醉医生不再使用这一设备。本项目的目的是确定要求学生麻醉护士强制购买听诊耳机的麻醉专业课程的数量。设计了一份简短的调查问卷，以收集来自美国所有105个经认可的麻醉护士专业课程主任的数据。63名（60%）课程主任完成了调查问卷，分析中使用了62份完整的调查问卷。结果显示，95%的回复麻醉护士专业课程（62份中的59份）要求学生使用食管/心前区听诊器耳机，但其中46%（27份）的课程提供耳机。大多数（76%）课程要求在临床环境中使用耳机，但只有45%的课程认为应使用耳机监测每一例麻醉。
