1.Status survey on nurse staffing at the anesthesia recovery rooms in Zhejiang′s tertiary hospitals
Hai'ou QI ; Zhihong YE ;
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2017;33(7):531-534
Objective To investigate and analyze the current setup, operation, nurse staffing,professional ability of nurses and professional standardized training system of tertiary hospitals in Zhejiang.Methods Cross-sectional study was used to investigate the nursing directors and 105 nurses from 36 tertiary hospitals of Zhejiang.The tools included the general questionnaire of anesthesia recovery rooms in Zhejiang tertiary hospitals, anesthesia specialty nurse job description questionnaire, and anesthesia recovery room nurses clinical specialized ability questionnaire.Data of the study were concluded and analyzed in the end.Results 35 of the 36 hospitals surveyed have in place anesthesia recovery care, accounting for 97%.The ratio of recovery room beds to operating bed was 0.48, and the ratio of nurses to recovery room beds was 0.52.In addition to the entire process involvement in the recovery and care of patients during recovery, the job of nurses covers administration of anesthesiology related items, equipment, drug management, cost management and cost entry, pain management and nursing.Nurse training methods depend on continuing education mainly.Anesthesia recovery room nurses′ clinical skills scored in average 82.96±1.52 points.Conclusions Most of these tertiary hospitals have in place anesthesia recovery rooms, yet with such challenges as shortage of beds, and overload/understaffing of nurses.Nurses are mostly trained in the departments, and a system of standardized training and qualification is to be further improved and established for such nurses.
2.Application of execution sheet for health education among heart failure patients
Lihua CHEN ; Juan WU ; Xiaoxia SHEN ; Qi LU ; Hai'ou YAN ;
Modern Clinical Nursing 2017;16(6):53-56
Objective To explore the effect of execution sheet for health education in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Methods About 50 CHF patients hospitalized from October 2015 to December 2015 were assigned as the control group and another 50 CHF patients hospitalized from January to March 2016 were set up as the experiment groups. The control group was instructed by the regular health education and the experiment group was instructed by the execution sheet for health education. Results The executive ability in the experiment group were stronger than that of control group (P<0.01). The level of self management among the patients in the experiment group was higher than those of the that control group. Conclusions The health education execution sheet increase the patients' self-management and strengthen nursing ability for discharged patients. It is worthy of popularization in clinical practice.
3.The surgical treatment for Stanford B aortic dissection with proximal aortic aneurysm by Enblock technique
Lijian CHENG ; Yongliang ZHONG ; Ruidong QI ; Wei LIU ; Hai'ou HU ; Yipeng GE ; Zhiyu QIAO ; Junming ZHU ;
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017;33(6):330-332
Objective To summarize the clinical results of the surgical treatment for Stanford B aortic dissection patients with proximal aortic aneurysm(including aortic root,ascending,arch) by enblock technique.Methods From Jun.2011 to Oct.2015,20 patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection and proximal aortic aneurysm underwent open surgery by enbloc technique in our center.Among them,there were 15 male and 5 female.Average age of patients was(40.65 ± 13.55) years (range:22-65 years).The comorbidities of proximal aortic diseases are ascending aortic aneurysm in 10,aortic root aneurysm in 8,and aortic arch aneurysm in 2.All the surgeries were accomplished by hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass assist.The combined surgery includes:extra-anatomy bypass grafting in 16,Bentall procedure in 15,ascending aortic repair in 5.Before surgery and discharged from hospital computed tomography angiography(CTA) was performed in each patient.All patients except 2 were followed.During the follow-up,CTA was performed and recorded.Results The average operation time,cardiopulmonary bypass time,aortic clamping time and selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) time are (6.47 ± 1.01)h (4.5-9 h),(173.60 ± 43.39) min (109-303 min),(91.25 ± 28.63) min (51-165 min),(27.25 ± 6.80) min (17-43 min),respectively.The mean nasopharyngeal temperature during SCP is(23.77 ± 1.27)℃ (21.6-26℃).There were no operative deaths.The mean follow-up time is (32.44 ± 17.27)months (range:8-60 months).Two patients underwent aortic re-intervention during follow-up.And 2 patients were lost follow-up(The follow-up rate is 90%).One late death was found.The patient succumbed to sudden distal aortic rupture.Other patients are survived without any complications.Conclusion Enblock technique is a relatively simple procedure in total aortic arch repair surgery.And it can be a safely surgical treatment for type B aortic dissection patients with proximal aortic aneurysm.The indications of enblock technique for Stanford B aortic dissection patients are those who combined with proximal aortic aneurysm.