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CompletedNCT03085459

Effects of Nursing Staff on Empiric Antibiotic in Septic Shock

The Effect of Nursing Staff on Empiric Antibiotic Treatment Within the First Hour in Patients With Septic Shock: A Retrospective Study

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
214 (actual)
Sponsor
Chun Pan · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

A retrospective, observational study was performed about the patients with septic shock who admitted into intensive care unit (ICU) from January 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016. The number of patients who received empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour after septic shock diagnosis were collected. Detailed information about clinical ladder for nursing stuff and nursing shift were collected . Clinical ladder for nursing stuff is a new definition based on education background and work experience and nurses stuff are classified into four levels. N0 was defined who got college degree or above, nurse qualification certificate and working time less than one year. N1 an N2 were defined as who got nurse qualification certificate and working time between 1\~3 years and more than three years, respectively. N3 was defined who was nurse-in-charge qualification or got nurse practitioner qualification for more than five years. Compliance of empiric antibiotic treatment within first hour and evaluate the effect of nursing stuff on the compliance were calculated.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALwork Timenurse got qualification certificate and the working time

Timeline

Start date
2015-01-12
Primary completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29
First posted
2017-03-21
Last updated
2017-03-21

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03085459. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.