Effects of Using Extubation Practice Guideline on Extubation Successful Rate and Nurses’ Satisfaction with Using the Guideline

Abstract

The aim of this intervention research was to investigate the outcomes of using extubation practice guideline in intensive care unit. A purposive sample of 509 patients with ventilator via ET tube, and 29 professional nurses were recruited for this study. The research instruments consisted of the evidence-based   extubation practice guideline, post extubation practice guideline, a questionnaire concerning nurses’ satisfaction with using the guideline and extubation successful rate recording form. Descriptive statistics and one sample t-test were used for data analysis.

The results revealed that the successful rate of extubation in the patients was 95.87%.  High levels of nurses’ satisfaction with using the guideline were reported. Almost 90% of the nurses had overall satisfaction scores at a high level and the overall mean score was significantly higher than that of the standard score (80%) (p=.000).