Effects of Nursing Staff on Empiric Antibiotic in Septic Shock

Chun Pan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Antibiotic; Compliance; Septic Shock; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Behavioral: work Time

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03085459

Nurse: empiric antibiotic

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 214 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age>18 years old
• sepsis

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• >80 years old.

Trial design

214 participants in 4 patient groups

Nurse level N0

Description:

who got college degree or above, nurse qualification certificate and working time less than one year

Treatment:

Behavioral: work Time

Nurse level N1

Description:

who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 1\~3 years

Treatment:

Behavioral: work Time

Nurse level N2

Description:

who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 3\~5 years

Treatment:

Behavioral: work Time

Nurse level N3

Description:

who got nurse qualification certificate and working time more than 5 years

Treatment:

Behavioral: work Time