英文摘要 |
Pulmonary rehabilitation could improve the likelihood of weaning of those ventilator-dependent patients. Not only does it shorten the duration of hospital stay, it also allows a better quality of life. The weaning rate at the Respiratory Care Center (RCC) of one teaching hospital in northern Taiwan was 48% (April 2005-March 2006) and the average length of stay (LOS) in hospital was 41 days. An observed poor execution of pulmonary rehabilitation, which was only carried out 29% of times, could be due to the lack of understanding by the nursing staff, lack of on-job training, absence of concrete procedure standards, policy, and supervision. An average score of 78% from nursing staff was obtained with regard to the overall understanding of pulmonary rehabilitation. Moreover, the rate of family member taking turns reached as high as 77%. About 58% of the family members were not native Chinese speakers. In addition, there were no appropriate tools for conducting health education. The purpose of this project was to increase the weaning rate at the RCC by increasing the execution of pulmonary rehabilitation. The strategies included revising procedure standards, developing an appropriate tool, and setting up on-job training programs Two months after the program, nurses’ understanding of pulmonary rehabilitation improved to 100% and the execution rate increased to 88%. The ventilator weaning rate increased from 48% to 62%, LOS decreased to 24 days, translating to an average saving of NT$ 57,290 per month in hospitalized. The RCC is the transfer unit to improve the outcome of ventilator-dependent patients. Optimized strategies targeting education of nursing staff on aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation may improve the outcome of ventilator-dependent patients, such that improved the possibility of weaning, shortened duration of hospital stay, less hospitalization expenses, and better quality of life could be obtained. |