Prevention of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation under the optics of nursing academics.

Maran, Edilaine; Novakowski Spigolon, Dandara; Augusto de Melo, Willian; da Silva Barreto, Mayckel; do Prado Tostes, Maria Fernanda; Ferraz Teston, Elen

Objective: To describe the knowledge of the nursing undergraduate students about the prevention of Pneumonia associated with Mechanical Ventilation and to compare this knowledge among these students in the years of 2013 and 2016. Method: Quantitative research carried out with 59 graduate students of an institution of higher education, who answered a structured questionnaire. Results: The main assertive responses were hand hygiene (94.9%), patient sedation (89.8%), oral hygiene (86.4%) and nasoenteric catheter position (83%). The Turma 2013 presented better knowledge regarding the Class of 2016 (p <0.05). Conclusions: It was concluded that students may be completing the course with a basic notion of care for the prevention of Pneumonia associated with Mechanical Ventilation, and some unobserved care are a necessary result of being reevaluated, requiring a curricular planning of the educational institutions that Facilitate the teaching-learning process.

VENTILATOR-associated pneumonia; ANESTHESIA; ARTIFICIAL respiration; GRADUATE students; HAND washing; HEALTH occupations students; NURSING students; TOOTH care & hygiene; CATHETERS; QUANTITATIVE research; PREVENTION; SAFETY

Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 1, p118

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Academic Journal

10.9789/2175-5361.2019.v11i1.118-123