Effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge regarding tracheostomy care among the staff nurses

Introduction: Nurses have a critical role in tracheostomy care. By its very nature, it is a technical procedure, requiring expertise to manage the safety and patency of the patient’s airway, and avoid complications. Nurses support patients with tracheostomies whilst in the care and emergency setting. Tracheostomy is indicated to reduce anatomical dead space to aid in the process of weaning off artificial ventilation; prevent or treat residual tracheobronchial secretions; chronic upper airway obstruction and bypass acute upper airway obstruction

Objectives: To assess the knowledge score regarding tracheotomy care among staff nurses. To evaluate the effectiveness of educational intervention Program regarding Tracheostomy care among Staff Nurses. To find the association between pre-test level of knowledge score with selected socio demographic variables.

Material and Methods: A True experimental, Pre-test post-test only design was used to conduct the study at District hospital, Baghpat and Sarvodaya hospital and institute of medical science, Baghpat. Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to select the nurses. Data was collected multiple choice 40 knowledge questionnaires. 100 staff nurses, selected in control group followed by next 100 staff nurses selected in experimental group. Educational Intervention which need of Tracheostomy/How to care of Tracheostomy, management of Tracheostomy care, implemented through verbal discussion, demonstration, and poster to experimental group and the same was withheld from the control group. Post-test was conducted after 7 to 14 days after intervention among both the groups. The average time to complete the session was 20-25 minutes. Descriptive statistics includes frequency, percentage, mean, mean difference and standard deviation was used to describe the result.

Conclusion: The present study concluded the structured teaching program were effective in improving the knowledge, regarding prevention of tracheostomy care among the staff nurses. Awareness was created among the staff nurses. The nursing educator can use the results of study and can improve the knowledge level and can create awareness regarding tracheostomy care among the staff nurses.