Impact of Nurses' Training Based on Clinical Guidelines on the Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in ICU

Considering the problem of ventilator-associated pneumonia.as the most commonly reported nosocomial infection with modern teaching methods is essential. Therefore, we decided to carry out a study aimed at influencing the clinical guidelines on the performance of nurses in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 100 nurses (estimation based on the sample size formula) employed in the intensive care unit who were included in the study by available sampling method. The effect of training according to the guidelines. The prevention of ventilator-dependent pneumonia was evaluated using a checklist on nurses' performance. Finally, the data were analyzed using chi-square test, t-test, and SPSS software version 19. The p value was less than 5 pounds.

The mean±SD of the total age of participants was 37.66±5.15. Pre-intervention studies indicated that the mean ±SD of the two groups of nurses before the intervention was not statistically significant (P=0.721). The "relatively desirable" level was such that the control group received the lowest score and the intervention group the highest score; also the positive and significant effect of training on all aspects of ventilator-dependent pneumonia prevention except for aspiration prevention (P=0.480) observed.

Clinical skills training based on principled and relevant guidelines is largely effective in solving problems caused by low level nurses' knowledge and researchers offer in-service training courses to prevent this infection.