Abstract
To reveal nurses' self-reported practice of managing chest tubes and to define decision-makers for these practices. No consensus exists regarding ideal chest-tube management strategy, and there are wide variations of practice based on local policies and individual preferences, rather than standardised evidence-based protocols. This article describes a cross-sectional study. Questionnaires were emailed to 31 hospitals in Tianjin, and the sample consisted of 296 clinical nurses whose work included nursing management of chest drains. The questionnaire, which was prepared by the authors of this research, consisted of three sections, including a total of 22 questions that asked for demographic information, answers regarding nursing management that reflected the practice they actually performed and who the decision-makers were regarding eight chest-drain management procedures. McNemar's test was used to analyse the data. The results indicated that most respondents thought that it was necessary to manipulate chest tubes to remove clots impeding unobstructed drainage (91.2%). Most respondents indicated that dressings would be changed when the dressing was dysfunctional. At the same time, more than half of respondents approved of changi...Continue Reading
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