Nursing empowerment by simulation in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy short-time complication control: Protocol...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Patient Safety
• Clinical Skills Training

Background:

• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is crucial for long-term nutritional support.
• Short-term complications following PEG insertion require effective nursing management.
• Empowering intensive care nurses is key to controlling these complications.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and evaluate an empowerment package for intensive care nurses.
• To utilize simulation techniques for enhancing nurses' skills in managing PEG complications.
• To assess the impact of the empowerment program on nurses' ability to prevent and control short-term PEG-related issues.

Main Methods:

• A two-group clinical trial involving 80 intensive care nurses.
• Random assignment to control and intervention groups.
• Pre- and post-testing using researcher-developed tools to evaluate empowerment and performance in managing PEG complications.

Main Results:

• An empowerment package for nurses is currently being designed.
• Tools for evaluating nurse empowerment are under development.
• The study is set to evaluate nurses' performance in preventing and managing short-term PEG complications.

Conclusions:

• The study will design and evaluate a cognitive empowerment program for nurses using simulation.
• The program aims to improve nurses' capacity to care for patients with PEG tubes.
• The ultimate goal is to effectively control short-term complications associated with PEG insertion.