The Effects of Oral Care Protocol on the Incidence of Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia in Selected Intensive Care Units in Jordan.

Autor: Alja'afreh MA; Mahmoud Ali Alja'afreh, RN, PhD, is an assistant professor, vice dean, and head of the Adult Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mutah University, Mutah, Karak, Jordan. His research interest is focused on four major areas: (1) studying of patient and family satisfaction in acute and critical care settings; (2) use of local resources to develop student center knowledge about disaster education; (3) development of patient safety guidelines for pressure ulcers patients, mechanically ventilated patients, and critical care practices issues; and (4) reshaping and enforcement of structures, processes, and outcomes of risk assessment, and management of pressure ulcers patients and critical care/cancer patients. Sultan Mosleh, RN, PhD, is an associate professor and a former head of the Adult Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mutah University, Jordan. His research interest is focused on four major areas: (1) critical care environment issues for patients and staff; (2) palliative care and end-of-life care of cancer patients; (3) clinical cardiac patients' rehabilitation; and (4) patient and nursing education. Sakhaa S. Habashneh, RN, MsN, is a lecturer at the Department of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Mutah, Mutah, Karak, Jordan. Her research interest is focused on four major areas: (1) clinical critical nursing issues; (2) knowledge and compliances of critical care units' staff; and (3) patient and nursing education., Mosleh SM, Habashneh SS

Publikováno v: Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN [Dimens Crit Care Nurs] 2019 Jan/Feb; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 5-12.