| Learning Objective #1: used this clinical nursing practice guideline as a tool for nurses who provide care for post extubation infant patients. | |||
| Learning Objective #2: used this clinical nursing practice guideline for further nursing research which investigates and determines effective methods for post extubation care in infant patients. |
The guideline presented post extubation assessment and nursing care in each condition of infant patients: 1) Normal condition, 2) Infant patients with mild hypoxemia, 3) Infant patients with high risk of upper airway obstruction from airway edema or lower airway obstruction from bronchospasm, airway swelling or retained secretion, 4) Infant patients with accumulative or retainable secretions in the airway/ secretion blocking/ atelectasis, and 5) Infant patients with the risk of respiratory failure. The nursing care in each condition consists of a number of procedures and interventions which will help infant patients to achieve successful extubation.
It is recommended that this guideline be tested with the target population in a clinical setting. Also, it should be evaluated for implementation outcomes, and subsequently revised and improved for suitability for actual nursing practice.
KEY WORDS: CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE GUIDELINE / POST
EXTUBATION CARE / INFANT PATIENTS
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