Effects of development the professional nurse 4.0era’s competency in caring Patients, Using Volume ventilator In Medical intensive Care Unit, Suratthani Hospital

Abstract

            This quasi-experimental, one-group, pre- and post-experimental research aimed to study the results of competency development of professional nurses in the 4.0 era in caring for patients using ventilators. volume control type   In Medical intensive Care Unit  Suratthani Hospital. by comparing knowledge, attitude, and patient care skills. and skills in using a ventilator Before and after competency development, a total of 13 people were used by the mentoring system. Research tools include 1.) Tools used in education  2.) Data Collection Tools. It consists of an assessment of knowledge, attitudes, skills in patient care. and the ventilator skill assessment form. Direct check by experts and obtaining the reliability of the knowledge assessment form, patient care skills, the ventilator skills from the KR 20 formula were .74, .82and.80, respectively, and the attitude assessment test by the Alpha Cronbach method was .85. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. and compare knowledge patient care skills breathing apparatus skills Before and after competency development using  Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. statistics comparing attitudes. Before and after performance improvement, paired t-test .The results of the research were as follows:         1.) The evaluation results of professional nurses in caring for ventilator patients According to the competency framework for caring for patients using ventilators After developing the competency at all levels, 100%  2.) Knowledge and skills in patient care, the ventilator skills after performance improvement were significantly higher than before performance improvement at the .001 level. 3.) Attitudes to care for patients before and after competency development were found to be different but not statistically significant.