Oral medications administration through enteral feeding tube: Clinical pharmacist-led educational intervention to improve knowledge of Intensive care units’ nurses at Jordan University Hospital

Autor: N. Abu Hdaib, A. Albsoul-Younes, M. Wazaify
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 134-142 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1319-0164
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.12.015
Popis: Introduction: Medication administration through enteral feeding tubes is a practice that is commonly encountered in hospital settings, particularly in critically ill patients. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of intensive care unit nurses regarding enteral medication administration and evaluate the effect of an educational intervention led by a clinical pharmacist that would improve nurses’ knowledge regarding the subject. Methods: A pre/post interventional study was conducted. Improvement in nurses’ knowledge regarding medication administration through an enteral feeding tube was assessed using a validated questionnaire. Results: Data were coded, entered, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS statistics 22). Independent samples t-test and paired t-test were used to detect any statistically significant differences in the mean total knowledge scores both between and within each group respectively. A P-value of
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