The Effect of Care-oriented Practical Training on Nurses' Intensive and Critical Care Competency and HAIs Indicators

Intensive Care Unit Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Care-oriented Practical Training on Nurses' Intensive and Critical Care Competence and Healthcare-associated Infection Indicators

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06239987
• Other study ID #: KAEK-800
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 16, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Akdeniz University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

It was aimed to evaluate the effect of care-oriented practical training on the intensive and critical care competencies of nurses, the hand hygiene compliance rate of nurses and care support staff, and HAI indicators.

Description:

Does care-oriented practical training increase nurses's intensive and critical care competencies? Does care-oriented practical training increase the hand hygiene compliance rate of nurses and care support staff? Does care-oriented practical training reduce HAI indicators in intensive care units?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 122
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working as a nurse in the Adult Intensive Care Unit

• Working as a care support staff in an adult intensive care unit

• Volunteering to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Wanting to withdraw from the research

• Not being able to attend the final test (due to illness, leave, report, etc.)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Competence
• Cross Infection
• Health Care Associated Infection
• Infections
• Intensive Care Unit
• Patient-Centered Care

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Care-oriented Practical Training
The training content includes evidence-based practice recommendations for intensive and critical care, hand hygiene, hygiene practices in patients with special needs, and prevention and control of common HAIs. In the first stage of the training, practical training will be given by the intensive care coordinator and infection control nurse on the application model. In the second stage, patient care practices of a care team consisting of an intensive care nurse and care support staff will be observed. The training will be conducted interactively with narration, demonstration and question and answer techniques.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Akdeniz University	Konyaalti	Antalya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Akdeniz University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Competence Scale	The mean score of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Competence Scale	Before the Care Oriented Practical Training Intervention (October 2023) and one month after the training (November 2023)
Primary	Nurse hand hygiene compliance	Nurse hand hygiene compliance rate (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention.
Primary	Care support staff hand hygiene compliance	hand hygiene compliance rate (%) of care support staff	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention.
Primary	Central catheter-associated bloodstream infections	Central catheter-associated bloodstream infections rate (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Primary	Ventilator-associated Event	Ventilator-associated Event rate (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Primary	Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections	Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections rate (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Klebsiella spp.	Klebsiella spp. n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Enterococcus spp.	Enterococcus spp.n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Acinetobacter spp	Acinetobacter spp. n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Pseudomonas spp.	Pseudomonas spp. n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Enterobacterales	Enterobacterales, n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary	Candida	Candida, n (%)	Health care-associated infection indicators in the intensive care unit 3 months before the Care-Oriented Practical Training Intervention and 3 months after the intervention