Intensive Care Nurses' Training Package on the Safety Culture of Geriatric Patients

This study aims to determine the effect of intensive care nurses' training package on the safety culture of critically ill geriatric patients.

Study hypothesis:

Intensive care nurses who receive the proposed training package exhibit higher scores on critically ill geriatric patients' safety culture awareness than those who do not receive it.

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Key information

Conditions

Safety Critical Illness Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria, Egypt

About this study

The researchers will prepare the proposed nurses' training package program. The program will be planned to be carried out in 10 sessions that will be classified into; sessions regarding knowledge about the age-related changes affecting elderly patients that should be considered while caring for them and how to care for and maintain the safety of the critically ill geriatric patients. The researchers will prepare an illustrative PowerPoint presentation of each study program's session.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

aged 20 years and above.
provide direct care for critically ill geriatric patients.
work for at least 1 month in the unit.

Exclusion criteria

not involved in patient care.

Treatment and study plan

Intensive Care Nurses' Training Package

Behavioral

For the study group, the researcher will explain the method of the training package program application to critical care nurses as follows; firstly, the researchers will assess the nurses' roster, then the researchers will classify the subjects into groups in order to conduct the training package for a group of them while the other subjects taking care of the patients in the intensive care units and repeat the same session to the others in the same manner.

Primary outcomes

Intensive Care Nurses' Awareness of the Critically Ill Geriatric Patients' Safety Culture Questionnaire

Time frame: 2 weeks

This tool will assess the intensive care nurses' awareness of critically ill geriatric patients' safety culture. It will include items that will be categorized into four subscales namely, intensive care nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practices of caring for critically ill geriatric patients and the critical care unit work environment. The nurses have to respond to the items using a 3-point Likert scale. The total score of the items will be summed and higher scores will indicate greater nurses' awareness of critically ill geriatric patients' safety culture.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Alexandria University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Intensive Care Nurses' Training Package on the Safety Culture of Critically Ill Geriatric Patients:Findings and Implications for Clinical Practice

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Jun 20, 2023
Registry last updated: Jun 20, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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