Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve
Abstract Background The development of evidence-based training standards can help improve the quality of educational programs for novice intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. This study was conducted to assess the application of a training course on competency development of nurses in relation to oral h...
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| author | Abbas Samim Amir Vahedian-Azimi Ali Fathi Jouzdani Farshid Rahimi-Bashar |
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| description | Abstract Background The development of evidence-based training standards can help improve the quality of educational programs for novice intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. This study was conducted to assess the application of a training course on competency development of nurses in relation to oral hygiene care in ICU patients and to develop a checklist for evaluating the competence performance. In addition, to achieve a certain level of oral hygiene competence, as well as to assess the relative importance of predicting factors and learning competency patterns in oral hygiene care, we used standard learning curve. Methods This quasi-experimental study with time series design was conducted on newly registered ICU nurses of a teaching hospital affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, between 2016 and 2018. In the first phase of this study, we designed a checklist to assess nurses' professional competence in oral hygiene care in three stages: before, during, and after care. Then, in the second phase, the level of competence of nurses in repeated times of oral hygiene care was determined based on checklist items and recorded in the learning curve. Results The greatest increase of oral hygiene care competency due to repetition was observed in the first and fourth times of repetition in comparison to the subsequent and previous steps. In the linear regression model, demographic variables predicted 12–19% of changes related to skill scores in repetitions. Conclusion According to the learning curve, newly registered ICU nurses can reach an acceptable competency after 6 repetitions of oral hygiene care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acecb1fc18f1417aabbc83e1449b94632022-12-22T00:40:16ZengBMCBMC Anesthesiology1471-22532022-06-0122111110.1186/s12871-022-01709-2Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curveAbbas Samim0Amir Vahedian-Azimi1Ali Fathi Jouzdani2Farshid Rahimi-Bashar3Chemical Injuries Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical SciencesTrauma Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical SciencesStudent Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical SciencesAnesthesia and Critical Care Department, Hamadan University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background The development of evidence-based training standards can help improve the quality of educational programs for novice intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. This study was conducted to assess the application of a training course on competency development of nurses in relation to oral hygiene care in ICU patients and to develop a checklist for evaluating the competence performance. In addition, to achieve a certain level of oral hygiene competence, as well as to assess the relative importance of predicting factors and learning competency patterns in oral hygiene care, we used standard learning curve. Methods This quasi-experimental study with time series design was conducted on newly registered ICU nurses of a teaching hospital affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, between 2016 and 2018. In the first phase of this study, we designed a checklist to assess nurses' professional competence in oral hygiene care in three stages: before, during, and after care. Then, in the second phase, the level of competence of nurses in repeated times of oral hygiene care was determined based on checklist items and recorded in the learning curve. Results The greatest increase of oral hygiene care competency due to repetition was observed in the first and fourth times of repetition in comparison to the subsequent and previous steps. In the linear regression model, demographic variables predicted 12–19% of changes related to skill scores in repetitions. Conclusion According to the learning curve, newly registered ICU nurses can reach an acceptable competency after 6 repetitions of oral hygiene care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01709-2Oral hygiene careNursing educationLearning curveIntensive care unit |
| spellingShingle | Abbas Samim Amir Vahedian-Azimi Ali Fathi Jouzdani Farshid Rahimi-Bashar Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve BMC Anesthesiology Oral hygiene care Nursing education Learning curve Intensive care unit |
| title | Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| title_full | Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| title_fullStr | Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| title_short | Effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| title_sort | effect of specific training course for competency in professional oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit a quasi experimental study for developing a standardized learning curve |
| topic | Oral hygiene care Nursing education Learning curve Intensive care unit |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01709-2 |
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