Effect of evidence-based nursing on prevention of stroke associated pneumonia

VernacularTitle:循证护理在预防脑卒中相关性肺炎中的应用
Author: Yamei ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: stroke; stroke associated pneumonia; evidence-based nursing
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2015;(5):8-11,12
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the preventive effects of evidence-based nursing on stroke associated pneumonia(SAP). Methods From September 2013 to May 2014, 172 patients with stroke received evidence-based nursing in our hospital. A medical researcher was invited to screen the research papers of high quality on prevention of stroke associated pneumonia. Fifteen papers were available finally. Preventive programs were made according to documentary evidence and patients disease conditions and then used in the clinical practice. Results Five patients of 172 cases contracted with SAP, the rest of the 167 cases got recovered with stable conditions and good swallowing and eating function. The hospital stay was 5~11 d (8.14 ± 1.73)d. Conclusions The evidence-based nursing is used to find evidence and the clinical nursing strategy is mapped out according to patients′conditions. The nursing measures are effective in the prevention of SAP and the improvement of life quality.