Confidence of nurses with inhaler device education and competency of device use in a specialised respiratory inpatient unit.

ABSTRACT: We performed a cross-sectional study within a specialised respiratory inpatient unit assessing 25 nurses' [85% female, 8.0 ± 7.9 (mean ± SD) years' experience in nursing] confidence in providing inhaler device education using a self-reported questionnaire, and their competency (% correct steps) in using eight different inhaler devices. Sixteen percent of participants were 'not confident' providing inhaler education, while 84% were 'moderately' or 'extremely' confident. The mean (±SD)% correct steps for all devices was 47 ± 17%. There was no correlation between % correct steps and nursing years (r = 0.21, p = 0.31), or 'confidence' with providing inhaler education (r = 0.02, p = 0.91) but % correct steps strongly correlated with number of individual device prescriptions within the hospital

SUBMITTER: Swami V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983467 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature