Abstract:
This study is a comparative study a retrospective and prospective uncontrolled before and after intervention study. The research aimed to study the effect of nursing protocol on the incidence rate of unplanned extubation (UE) in patients with endotracheal intubation. The samples were selected by purposive sampling from the patients, who were intubated and admitted to the intensive care unit of Bamrasnaradura Infection Diseases Institution. The samples were divided into two groups, 51 patients in each group. The compared group was selected from the medical records of the patients who were admitted during June to December 2014. The experimental group was the patients who admitted during January to July 2015. The compared group received the institute standard care, while the experimental group received the evidence-based nursing protocol. The nursing protocol comprised of 1) providing information to the patients/families and facilitating their participation in care, 2) nursing care for the patient with endotracheal intubation and respirator, 3) pain management, 4) using sedatives and restraint and 5) weaning respirator. Data were collected using a record of basic data and the illness information and the UE incidence record. Descriptive statistics and Fisher's Exact test were used for data analysis.
The result revealed that, there was no incidence of UE in the experimental group while the rates of the compared group were 11.76%. The incidence rate of UE in the experiment group was significantly lower than that of the compared group (p< .05).
The study suggests that the evidence-based nursing protocol should be applied in caring for the patients with endotracheal intubation. Further study should be performed to assess the effectiveness of the nursing protocol on the quality of nursing care and other clinical outcomes.