Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Care Bundle Prevention on Internship Students' Knowledge and Clinical Performance

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Routine PICU nursing care for children on mechanical ventilator.; Behavioral: Self-instructional module for VAP care bundle prevention

• Registration Number: NCT06090019
• Lead Sponsor: Alexandria University

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of a self-instructional module regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia care bundle prevention on internship students' knowledge and clinical performance in pediatric intensive care unit.The hypotheses of this study were as follows:

1. Internship students who are taught by VAP care bundle prevention self-instructional module exhibit higher scores in knowledge test about VAP care bundle prevention than those who are not.

2. Internship students who are taught by VAP care bundle prevention self-instructional module exhibit higher scores in performing the VAP care bundle prevention procedure than those who are not.

3. Internship students who are taught by VAP care bundle prevention self-instructional module exhibit more positive feedback about it than those who are not.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-31
• Study Completion: 2023-08-31
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Nursing intern students at Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria university, Egypt.

Exclusion Criteria

• No

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	Routine PICU nursing care for children on mechanical ventilator.	Nursing interns students learned the routine nursing care of children on mechanically ventilation to prevent VAP by PICU nurses staff.
Study group	Self-instructional module for VAP care bundle prevention	Nursing interns students received comprehensive education about VAP care bundle prevention by self-instructional module through the researchers.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-Instructional Module Feedback	immediately after VAP care bundle prevention self-instructional module	It consists of 10 statements with 4 points Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (4). The higher score, the more positive feedback.
Nursing Interns' performance	Before data collection, immediately after and after three months of the clinical experience	Total score ranged from 16 to 32 and distributed as follows: Iow performance \<60% of the total score, Moderate performance ranging from 60% to \<75% of the total score, High performance for the score ≥75% of the total score.
Nursing Interns' Knowledge	Before data collection, immediately after and after three months of the clinical experience	total score ranged from 0 to 30 distributed as follows: Low knowledge level \<60% of the total score, Moderate knowledge level from 60% to \<75% of the total score, High knowledge level ≥75% of the total score.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eman Arafa Badr; 🇪🇬 Alexandria, Egypt