1, why was this study done?
According to Al-Thaqafy et al. (221), the ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the intensive care units (ICUs) on the patient who have been mechanically ventilated. This condition has the potential of increasing health burden to the critically ill patients due to the long hospital stay and the high cost of treatment. Although several techniques have been employed to curb this illness, the mortality and morbidity rates associated with VAP keeps rising due to lack of a definite strategy on how to address this disease. Therefore, this study was done to confirm if enhancement ventilator bundles are useful in reducing the prevalent of VAP rates in intensive care units.
2, what was the sample size?
The study utilized a sample size of 2,521.
3, what does the research mean for clinical practice?
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common illness in the intensive care units due infections. According to Al-Thaqafy et al. (221), VAP is an indication of poor quality of services given to patients in the ICU, and it also depicts a threat to patients’ safety while in the hospital. This research indicates that by using IHI Ventilator bundles, there is a chance of reducing VAP cases by 70% (Al-Thaqafy et al. 225). As such, cases of prolonged hospitalization, the high cost of treatment and mortality and morbidity rates will reduce drastically. Therefore, nurses have to improve their clinical practices by incorporating IHI Ventilator bundles in their regular clinical duties when they give care to mechanically ventilated patients. Al-Thaqafy et al. (224), assert that implementation of this method in typical nursing practice in ICU improves patient’s outcomes. This is because this technique helps nurses’ to set priorities they want to achieve, standardize care for the patient, helps parties to adhere to the treatment plan, incorporate evidence-base practice and enhance accountability (Al-Thaqafy et al. 224). Thus, there is the need for nurses to employ this measure to improve the quality and safety of services rendered to patients in the ICU.
Work cited
Al-Thaqafy, Majid S., et al. "Association of compliance of ventilator bundle with incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ventilator utilization among critical patients over 4 years." Annals of thoracic medicine 9.4 (2014): 221.
