Assessment of Nurses' Knowledge and Confidence Regarding Tracheostomy Care in a Pediatric Long Term Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Rafat Mohammed MosalliGamal A AboumoustafaWed KhayyatAziza N BokhariMohammed A AlmatrafiMohammed GhaziBosco A Paes

Published in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2022)

Deficits exist in nurses' knowledge of tracheostomy care. Improved knowledge garnered through repetitive participation in tracheostomy competency programs and life support courses correlate with greater comfort and more than 5 years of pediatric experience. Nurses' deficits in emergency care knowledge and skills should be addressed through a structured educational program and a simulation, hands-on based TCCLP course, irrespective of comfort level with tracheostomy care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
palliative care
mechanical ventilation
long term care
public health
mental health
traumatic brain injury
emergency department
affordable care act
physical activity
young adults
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation