Nurses' and physicians' knowledge and skills in non-invasive ventilation: Equipment and contextual influences.

Objectives: To assess non-invasive ventilation knowledge and skills among nurses and physicians in different contexts: equipment and contextual influences.

Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive study in 4 intensive care units (ICU) (1 surgical, 3 medical-surgical), 1 postsurgical recovery unit, 2 emergency departments (ED) and 3 wards, in 4 hospitals (3 university, 1 community) with 407 professionals. A 13-item survey, validated in the setting, was applied (Kappa index, 0.

Optimising non-invasive mechanical ventilation: Which unit should care for these patients? A cohort study.

Background: Use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has extended beyond intensive care units (ICUs), becoming usual practice in emergency departments (EDs) and general wards.

Objective: To analyse the relationship between nursing care and NIV outcome in different hospital units.

Design And Settings: Three university hospitals and one community hospital participated in a prospective observational cohort study.

[Intensive care unit profesionals's knowledge about non invasive ventilation comparative analysis].

Aims: The literature highlights the lack of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) protocols and the variability of the knowledge of NIV between intensive care units (ICU) and hospitals, so we want to compare NIV nurses's Knowledge from 4 multipurpose ICU and one surgical ICU.

Methods: Multicenter, crosscutting, descriptive study in three university hospitals. The survey instrument was validated in a pilot test, and the calculated Kappa index was 0.