ArticleAmerican journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses2019
Nurses' Attitudes and Practices Related to Sedation: A National Survey.
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- Creating a Culture of an Awake and Walking Intensive Care Unit: In-Hospital Strategies to Mitigate Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.Critical care clinics · 2025Review
- Patient satisfaction and safety in the administration of sedation by nursing staff in the digestive endoscopy service: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Stopping Delirium Using the Awake-and-Walking Intensive Care Unit Approach: True Mastery of Critical Thinking and the ABCDEF Bundle.AACN advanced critical care · 2023Article
- Perspectives on Sedation Among Interdisciplinary Team Members in ICU: A Survey Study.Critical care explorations · 2023Article
- Postoperative recovery among head and neck cancer patients receiving microvascular free flap surgery with implementing nurse-protocolized targeted sedation: relationship of use of sedatives and mechanical ventilation to length of ICU stay.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundNurses are fundamental to the implementation of sedation protocols for patients receiving mechanical ventilation. A 2005 survey showed that nurses' attitudes toward sedation affected their sedation practices. Since then, updated guidelines on managing pain, agitation, and delirium have been published.
objectiveTo explore nurses' self-reported attitudes and practices related to sedation and determine whether they have changed in the past decade.
methodsMembers of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses were invited to complete the Nurse Sedation Practices Scale, which measures nurses' self-reported sedation practices and factors that affect them. Item and subscale responses were analyzed, and differences in item responses by respondent characteristics were determined.
resultsRespondents (N = 177) were mostly staff nurses (68%) with a bachelor's degree in nursing (63%). Nurses' attitudes toward the effectiveness of sedation in relieving patients' distress during mechanical ventilation correlated positively with their intention to administer sedatives (
conclusionsNurses' attitudes toward sedating patients receiving mechanical ventilation have shifted in the past decade, with fewer nurses now believing that all patients should be sedated. However, more than half of nurses still agree that sedation is needed for patients' comfort, highlighting the need to consider nurses' attitudes when seeking to optimize sedation practices during mechanical ventilation.
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