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 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 Medica

SUBMITTER: Samim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature