Effects of Nursing Staff on Empiric Antibiotic in Septic Shock

Completed

• Conditions: Compliance; Antibiotic; Septic Shock; Nursing Caries
• Interventions: Behavioral: work Time

• Registration Number: NCT03085459
• Lead Sponsor: Chun Pan

Brief Summary

A retrospective, observational study was performed about the patients with septic shock who admitted into intensive care unit (ICU) from January 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016. The number of patients who received empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour after septic shock diagnosis were collected. Detailed information about clinical ladder for nursing stuff and nursing shift were collected . Clinical ladder for nursing stuff is a new definition based on education background and work experience and nurses stuff are classified into four levels. N0 was defined who got college degree or above, nurse qualification certificate and working time less than one year. N1 an N2 were defined as who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 1\~3 years and more than three years, respectively. N3 was defined who was nurse-in-charge qualification or got nurse practitioner qualification for more than five years. Compliance of empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour and evaluate the effect of nursing stuff on the compliance were calculated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01-12
• Primary Completion: 2016-02-29
• Study Completion: 2016-02-29
• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-31
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 214

Inclusion Criteria

• age>18 years old
• sepsis

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• >80 years old.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nurse level N2	work Time	who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 3\~5 years
Nurse level N1	work Time	who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 1\~3 years
Nurse level N0	work Time	who got college degree or above, nurse qualification certificate and working time less than one year
Nurse level N3	work Time	who got nurse qualification certificate and working time more than 5 years

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
compliance of empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour	1 hour	compliance of empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour
evaluate the effect of nursing stuff on the compliance	1 hour	evaluate the effect of nursing stuff on the compliance