Methods used by critical care nurses to verify feeding tube placement in clinical practice.
Critical care nurse(2015)
摘要
BACKGROUND:The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses practice alert on verification of feeding tube placement makes evidence-based practice recommendations to guide nursing management of adult patients with blindly inserted feeding tubes. Many bedside verification methods do not allow detection of improper positioning of a feeding tube within the gastrointestinal tract, thereby increasing aspiration risk.
OBJECTIVES:To determine how the expected practices from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses practice alert were implemented by critical care nurses.
METHODS:This study was part of a larger national, online survey that was completed by 370 critical care nurses. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS:Seventy-eight percent of nurses used a variety of methods to verify initial placement of feeding tubes, although 14% were unaware that tube position should be confirmed every 4 hours. Despite the inaccuracy of auscultation methods, only 12% of nurses avoided this practice all of the time.
CONCLUSIONS:Implementation of expected clinical practices from this guideline varied. Nurses are encouraged to implement expected practices from this evidence-based, peer reviewed practice alert to minimize risk for patient harm.
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feeding tube placement,critical care nurses,critical care
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