Respiratory Critical Care Nurse Training Program (RCCN Training)

Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Morality; Treatment Compliance

Treatments: Other: respiratory critical care support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05941923

Respiratory Nurse

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial study is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of respiratory critical care nurses (RCCN) in improving outcomes for critically ill patients who require admission to the intensive care units (ICUs). The main question it aims to answer is: What is the effect of the respiratory critical care nurse in improving outcomes for critically ill patients? Participants will consist of critically ill patients who will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio into two groups: the intervention group, who will receive specialized respiratory care from RCCN from the time they arrive in the emergency room until their discharge from the hospital, and the control group, who will receive only routine care.

Full description

A randomized controlled clinical superiority trial with triple blinding and a two-arm parallel group design will be conducted at Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran between November 22, 2023, and November 10, 2024. The aim of this study will to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of respiratory critical care nurses (RCCN) in improving outcomes for critically ill patients who require admission to the intensive care units (ICUs). Participants will consist of critically ill patients who will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio into two groups: the intervention group, who will receive specialized respiratory care from RCCN from the time they arrive in the emergency room until their discharge from the hospital, and the control group, who will receive only routine care

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• They are at least 18 years old,
• Critically ill patients who need critical care,
• They have no history of heart disease, stroke, autoimmune disease, neuromuscular diseases, cancer, or cardio-respiratory arrest,
• They are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with pregnancy and breastfeeding women
• Patients at end-stage medical condition
• Patients with planned withdrawal of treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group, who will receive specialized respiratory care from RCCN from the time they arrive in the emergency room until their discharge from the hospital

Treatment:

Other: respiratory critical care support

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention group, who will receive only routine care without any intervention.