Introduction: the aim of this study was fo highlighf the advanced nursing competences in the stroke clinical pathway in order to define effectivestrategies for patients treatment, useful in ensuring greater chances of functional recovery. Three major objectives were identified: to stress thepresence and the application of advanced clinical practice tools; to look info the basic knowledge specific for stroke care; to explore postgraduateeducation programs and the actual attendance at professional continuing education courses.Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional observational study design was used to study a convenìence sample of 109 nurses working in the various unitsinvolved in the stroke clinical pathway of three Roman hospitals. The variables were measured by an investigator-developed questionnaire, from September20 ì 2 lo January 2013.Results: nurses working in the emergency area use the Cincinnati Prehospital Scale and the Glascow Coma Scale with a rate of9l% in the Terrìtorial EmergencyService and 81% in the Casualty and Emergency Department; the Ifalian National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is used by 98% of nursesworking in Ihe Stroke Units. A low percentage of professionals uses clinical governance tools such as clinical audit (37%) and Evidence Based Nursing(33%>). 70% of nurses recognize the importance of brain tomography for stroke diagnosis and 80%, of them know the time limit for the administration oftreatment of thromboembolism rtPA (Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator); 33% of nurses aftended a master, mainly in criticai care; 46% attendedrefresh courses, 8%> chose courses on stroke.Discussion: nurses with advanced competencies are called to improve their expertise and to extend their role through specific training sessions. Nursesshould also expand their knowledge on how to acquire an advanced clinical practise.Conclusions: advanced clinical knowledge and skills are currently used by nurses involved in the management of stroke. Both knowledge and skills are keyto manage such complex and instable patients, though these nursing advanced competences usually don't receive any formai recognition.Key words: stroke care, stroke nursing management, advanced nursing practice, clinical nurse specialist, stroke clinical pathwa
Introduzione: lo scopo di questo studio è stato evidenziare le competenze infermieristiche avanzate all'interno del percorso clinico assistenziale dellostroke, per trovare strategie efficaci di trattamento dei pazienti, utili per garantirgli maggiori possibilità di guarigione e di recupero funzionale. Questo attraversotre obiettivi: evidenziare la presenza e l'utilizzo di strumenti di pratica clinica avanzata; indagare alcune conoscenze fondamentali per la curadello stroke; sondare la presenza e la tipologia di formazione post base e la frequenza ai corsi di aggiornamento.Materiale e metodi: il disegno di studio è stato di tipo trasversale osservazionale. Il campione di convenienza è stato di 109 infermieri operanti in tre realtà sanitarieromane nelle diverse aree che costituiscono il percorso del paziente con stroke. Le variabili sono state misurate utilizzando un questionario elaborato ad hoc,da settembre 2011 a gennaio 2012.Risultati: gli infermieri che lavorano in emergenza (Emergenza Sanitaria 118 pari al 91% e Dipartimento Emergenza Accettazione pari al 81%) utilizzano la CincinnatiPrehospital Scale e la Glascow Coma Scale; in Stroke Unit il 98% usa ITtalian National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Una bassa percentuale diprofessionisti utilizza gli strumenti della Clinical Governance come l'audit clinico (37%) e l'Evidence Based Nursing-EBN (33%). Per quanto riguarda l'assistenza,il 70% riconosce nella Tomografia Computerizzata del cranio senza mezzo di contrasto, l'esame diagnostico di elezione per determinare la natura della lesione ei'80% sa che la finestra temporale per la somministrazione del trattamento tromboembolitico con rtPA (RecombinantTissue Plasminogen Activator) è di 3 ore. Il33% degli intervistati ha una formazione post base a livello di master, privilegiando l'area critica; il 46% ha partecipato di recente a corsi di aggiornamento, l'8%ha scelto corsi sull'ictus.Discussione: l'infermiere con competenze avanzate è colui che deve accrescere il proprio expertise ed estendere il proprio ruolo attraverso una formazione clinicaspecifica. Inoltre deve espanderle attraverso l'acquisizione di conoscenze di livello superiore che gli permetteranno di acquisire gli strumenti necessari per lagovernance della pratica clinica avanzata.Conclusioni: nell'ambito dell'assistenza allo stroke vengono messe in campo conoscenze e competenze cliniche avanzate, spesso senza riconoscimento formale,per la complessità e l'instabilità del paziente.
Le competenze infermieristiche avanzate nel trattamento dello stroke in fase acuta in Italia. Strategia per l'identificazione (Il parte)
GALLETTI C;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Introduction: the aim of this study was fo highlighf the advanced nursing competences in the stroke clinical pathway in order to define effectivestrategies for patients treatment, useful in ensuring greater chances of functional recovery. Three major objectives were identified: to stress thepresence and the application of advanced clinical practice tools; to look info the basic knowledge specific for stroke care; to explore postgraduateeducation programs and the actual attendance at professional continuing education courses.Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional observational study design was used to study a convenìence sample of 109 nurses working in the various unitsinvolved in the stroke clinical pathway of three Roman hospitals. The variables were measured by an investigator-developed questionnaire, from September20 ì 2 lo January 2013.Results: nurses working in the emergency area use the Cincinnati Prehospital Scale and the Glascow Coma Scale with a rate of9l% in the Terrìtorial EmergencyService and 81% in the Casualty and Emergency Department; the Ifalian National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is used by 98% of nursesworking in Ihe Stroke Units. A low percentage of professionals uses clinical governance tools such as clinical audit (37%) and Evidence Based Nursing(33%>). 70% of nurses recognize the importance of brain tomography for stroke diagnosis and 80%, of them know the time limit for the administration oftreatment of thromboembolism rtPA (Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator); 33% of nurses aftended a master, mainly in criticai care; 46% attendedrefresh courses, 8%> chose courses on stroke.Discussion: nurses with advanced competencies are called to improve their expertise and to extend their role through specific training sessions. Nursesshould also expand their knowledge on how to acquire an advanced clinical practise.Conclusions: advanced clinical knowledge and skills are currently used by nurses involved in the management of stroke. Both knowledge and skills are keyto manage such complex and instable patients, though these nursing advanced competences usually don't receive any formai recognition.Key words: stroke care, stroke nursing management, advanced nursing practice, clinical nurse specialist, stroke clinical pathwaI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.