Construction and Application of a Training Program for ICU Nurses to Manage Artificial Airway Gasbags to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.

PURPOSE

To construct a training program for ICU nurses to manage artificial airway gasbags to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and explore its application in ICU nurses.

METHODS

From January to March 2023, 17 experts were consulted using the Delphi method to construct the draft of the training program. 52 ICU nurses were selected from a third-level, first-class hospital in Henan Province. They received training using the program for 4 weeks. The training effects were evaluated by examining the theoretical knowledge, testing operation skills, and the ICU medical staff gasbag management knowledge-attitude-behavior questionnaire before and one week after the training in April 2023.

RESULTS

The coefficients of expert authority for the two round inquiries were 0.816 and 0.837, respectively. The coordination coefficient of expert opinions ranges from 0.2 to 0.3. The final training program for ICU nurses on managing artificial airway gasbags to prevent VAP was constructed and included 4 primary indicators, 25 secondary indicators, 47 tertiary indicators. After the training by the program, the scores of the ICU nurses' theoretical knowledge (before, 73.73 ± 8.54 VS after, 88.31 ± 6.29; = 11.017, <0.001) and technical operation (before, 75.29 ± 7.48 after, 86.92 ± 4.72; = 8.986, <0.001) were significantly increased. The total scores of the ICU nurses' knowledge-attitude-behavior on gasbag management (before, 76.67 ± 10.68 after, 109.04 ± 9.87; = 19.916, <0.001) were also significantly increased compared to the performance before training.

CONCLUSION

The training program for ICU nurses on managing artificial airway gasbags to prevent VAP based on the Miller pyramid model is scientific and practical and can enhance the knowledge-attitude-behavior level of ICU nurses. This training program constructed in this study can be recommended and applied after further verification for the ICU nurses to manage the artificial airway gasbags in order to reducing the occurrence of the VAP in the clinical practice.