Effect of Communication Board on Clinical Outcomes for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Post Open Heart Surgeries | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2025 PDF (1.28 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2025.418170 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hesham Moussed Elbelkassy1; Gehan A. Younis2; Elatafy El metwaly Elatafy3; Nadia Mostafa Eleter4 | ||||
| 11 Master student of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. 2 Nursing specialist at Kafer Elsheik University Hospital, Kafer Elsheik, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgeries, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Communication impairment occurs in mechanically ventilated patients Absence of efficient communication causes anxiety, fear and insecurity for patients post open heart surgeries. Aim: Evaluate the effect of using communication board on clinical outcomes for mechanically ventilated patients post open heart surgeries. Design: A quasi- experimental research design. Setting: conducted at Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Tanta International Teaching Hospital. Subjects: A Purposive sample of 60 adult mechanically ventilated patients underwent open heart surgeries were selected from the previously mentioned setting. Tools: two tools were used in the process. Tool (I): open heart surgery patients’ assessment tool. Tool (II): clinical outcomes assessment ttool. Result: revealed that 13.33% of the study group compared to (50%) of the control group suffered from severe pain. While (6.67%) of study group compared to (30.00%) of the control group had respiratory distress. Additionally, (73.33%) of the study group compared to (20.00%) of the control group were satisfied with using communication board. significant differences were found between the two groups regarding pain level, respiratory distress level, and satisfaction. Conclusion: communication board is a cost effective nursing strategy which helped in improving clinical outcomes for patients open heart surgeries. Recommendation: Replication of the study on a larger sample size and with long term follow up can validate and help generalize the results. | ||||
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