Background: Ventilator associated pneumonia is the most common hospital-acquired infection among patients receiving mechanical ventilation in pediatric intensive care unit. Using an evidence based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) are recommended. Objectives: to investigate nurses' knowledge and practice toward evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care units Methods: Aquasi- experimental pre-post intervention study was done on 51 nurses of different categories working in medical, neurology and surgical ICU at Mansoura University children's Hospital, Egypt. Three tools were used; An interview questionnaire sheetwas developed by the researcher in Arabic language. Nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of VAP, multiple choice questionnaire and observational checklist for nurses' performance to ventilator bundles for VAP prevention. Results: mean score level of nurses general knowledge about VAP, Knowledge of Evidence-based guidelines for VAP prevention and nurses performance to ventilator bundled for VAP prevention where the mean score were 8.6078±1.9908, 2.4706±1.3469, 2.1400±1.4287 respectively before program implementation compared to 12.1569±1.0464, 7.2941±1.7005, 5.5800±1.5265 respectively after program. There is a highly significant difference between nurses knowledge and practices to Evidence-based guidelines for prevention of VAP before and after the program (t= -11.059, -22.106, -13.796 and p = .000, 0.000, 0.000 respectively). Conclusion: Adequate improvement in nurses' knowledge and practice after applied evidence based guidelines for prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care unit.
Abusaad, F., & Tantawey, N. (2010). Nurses Knowledge and Practice to Evidence-based Guidelines for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 40(1), 171-192. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2010.20596
MLA
Fawzia Abusaad; Nayera Tantawey. "Nurses Knowledge and Practice to Evidence-based Guidelines for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Units", Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 40, 1, 2010, 171-192. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2010.20596
HARVARD
Abusaad, F., Tantawey, N. (2010). 'Nurses Knowledge and Practice to Evidence-based Guidelines for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Units', Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 40(1), pp. 171-192. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2010.20596
VANCOUVER
Abusaad, F., Tantawey, N. Nurses Knowledge and Practice to Evidence-based Guidelines for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2010; 40(1): 171-192. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2010.20596
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