FACTORS AFFECTING NURSES' ADHERENCE TOWARDS INTRA HOSPITAL TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

Abstract

Abstract

Background: Critically ill patients appear to be at risk for death through problems related to intrahospital transfers, especially in intensive care units. Moreover, ill patients may be more vulnerable to iatrogenic injuries because of the severity and instability of their illness, as well as frequent need of medications and other interventions. Therefore, Numerous issues can be avoided with optimal pre-transport planning and communication.

Objectives: To assess the factor affecting adherence of staff Nurse to using intra hospital transport protocol.

Methods: The study utilized a descriptive research design, employing structured questionnaires to gather data .The questionnaires were designed to collect socio-demographic information and to assess the factor affecting adherence of staff Nurse to use intra hospital transport protocol .The study was conducted in IMS and SUM hospital Bhubaneswar. Odisha. The sample size for the study comprises of 200 participants, who met the eligibility criteria. Enumerative sampling techniques were employed to select participants who were who working in MICU, NICU, Main OT Medical and surgical ward of IMS and sum hospital Bhubaneswar.

Results: The study findings reveal that maximum 20-24 age group is mostly affected by various factors of adherence towards using intrahospital transport protocol. The most important factor for the staff nurse is “altered vital sign” of the patient during the time of transporting. The level of adherence of the staff nurse shows that 53.5% mildly affected by various factors in using intra hospital transport protocol. It shown that the association between level of adherence and professional education, monthly income, working department was statistically significant as the calculated chi-square value is 677.0774, -50.9083, -86.6507 respectively, the calculated p-value (0.0001) was <0.05 level of significance.

Conclusion: The study concluded that level of factor affecting adherence in intra hospital transport protocol is high among the staff nurse. The findings of the study reveal that, there is significant association between socio demographic variables and level of factor affecting adherence. Educating the staff nurses about various factors affect in intra transporting of patients and using intra hospital protocol, and how to get rid of those events. The use of evidence based facts may improve overall quality of nursing care during shifting of patient.