Background: The occurrence of life-threatening events in hospitalized patients with tracheostomies are often preventable. Nurses have a vital role in providing consistent tracheostomy care to patients, thereby avoiding complications. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge of nurses in high dependency areas at a tertiary care hospital with regards to tracheostomy care, to train them and to assess the impact of a tracheostomy care teaching module.
Methods: Purposive sampling techniques were used to recruit 65 nurses from high dependency areas in Father Muller Medical College Hospital. With appropriate informed, a detailed evaluation was conducted with a pre-validated questionnaire that assesses the knowledge, attitude and practices with regards to tracheostomy care. The nurses then underwent a tracheostomy training programme with a teaching module that emphasizes on tracheostomy care, a demonstration and hands on experience in the simulation lab, followed by an OSCE and a post-test. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 28 for paired T test and crosstabulation.
Results: There was a mean increase in test scores, from 7.74 in pretest to 10.66 in post-test which was statistically significant. The comfort and confidence level of nurses after the module, increased by 80% and the OSCE scores were averaged around 73% giving a satisfactory outcome.
Conclusion: This module significantly increased the quality of tracheostomy tube care provided by nurses thereby improving patient outcome. Small modifications to existing training programs can have a significant impact on overall health care as demonstrated by our study.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-024-04489-y.
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