TITLE:
A Survey of Learning Needs about Oral Care for Intubated Patients among New Nursing Staff
AUTHORS:
Fumino Sugiyama, Tomoko Inoue
KEYWORDS:
New Nurses, Basic Nursing Education, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Oral Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
28,
2020
ABSTRACT: Our aim was to understand the actual conditions of oral care for intubated patients by new nurses. This study was carried out from December 2017 to March 2018. We applied the theme of the dissipation of the dissociation between nursing skills learned in basic nursing education and nursing skills required in practice. A questionnaire survey was conducted at four facilities among new nursing staff who had acquired their nursing license in the past year. The questionnaire was composed of questions about their experiences of oral care for intubated patients, when they learned these skills, and what they wanted to learn. Answers were obtained from 118 new nurses. Learning about oral care was important for approximately 20% of the nurses, although it was not considered mandatory by all of the nurses. As infection control measures have revealed the acute needs of care for intubated patients, it is important for nursing students to learn about oral care and attitudes towards intubated patients, along with methods to make intubated patients more comfortable.