Intensive Care Nurses' Knowledge and Practices about Endotracheal Aspiration during Open System Suction

Endotracheal tube suctioning is one of the most frequent airway procedures in mechanically ventilated patients is used to maintain airway clearance and prevent infection, particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia. Aim of the Study: was to determine the intensive care nurses' knowledge and practices about endotracheal aspiration during open system suction. Research Design, a descriptive cross sectional study was utilized in this study. Sample: A purposive sample about 76 nurses divided into (30 nurses from ICU, 20 nurses from CCU at EL Mabara hospital and 26 nurses from Assuit University hospital). Two tools were used to get the data of this study. Tool I: Nurses endotracheal aspiration assessment which divided into part one: ICU Nurse's demographic data and part two: ICU nurses` knowledge of endotracheal suction: Tool II: observation practice checklist about endotracheal suction and endotracheal care. Results: Showed that 64 %, 64.4 % from nurses had very good knowledge and satisfactory level of practice respectively. Also, It was found that there is positive relation between total score of nurses` knowledge, practice and demographic data of nurses regarding nurses age groups and attending training courses with p. values = 0.095* and 0.002* respectively.