Improving the safety and quality of the intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients.

Nursing in Critical Care
Rahimeh Alizadeh SharafiMostafa Ghasempour

Abstract

Adverse events during patient transport are common and may threaten critically ill patients' lives. This study aimed to determine the incidence of adverse events during intra-hospital transport and to obtain suggestions from critical care nurses for improving the transportation process. This was a cross-sectional study. This study was carried out with 160 critical care nurses between September 2018 and January 2019. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview using a 53-item questionnaire developed by Brunsveld-Reinders et al. It assesses nurses' experiences of adverse events during the three phases of intra-hospital transport related to equipment, patient physiology, monitoring, medications, and fluid management. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics in SPSS software, and the responses of open-ended questions were analysed using a conventional qualitative content analysis. On scales from 0 to 10, the mean (and SD) values of fear, confidence, and skill to carry out a safe intra-hospital transport were 2.66 (2.73), 6.45 (3.16), and 7.75 (1.55), respectively. The most important causes of feeling afraid or unconfident about the transport among the nurses were unstable patient condition, cardiac arrest, ex...Continue Reading

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