NCT06997614

Enhancing Critical Thinking Competency and Nursing Quality in Critically Ill Patient Care

Enhancing Critical Thinking Competency and Nursing Quality in Critically Ill Patient Care: A Quasi-Experimental Study of an Evidence-Based Nutritional Management Protocol

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taizhou Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The EBN-based nutritional management protocol effectively enhances junior nurses' specialized critical thinking competency and improves patient nutritional outcomes and satisfaction, demonstrating its potential to optimize critical care quality. However, further validation through multicenter studies with larger cohorts, extended follow-up periods, and additional outcome measures is warranted.

Detailed description

This study aims to develop an evidence-based nursing (EBN)-based nutritional management protocol for critically ill patients and assess its effects on junior nurses' specialized critical thinking competency and nursing quality. A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving 7 junior nurses and 84 critically ill patients in each of the study and control groups. The study group implemented the EBN-based protocol alongside structured training, while the control group adhered to conventional practices. Nursing quality outcomes included assessments of nurses' specialized critical thinking skills, patient nutritional biomarkers (serum albumin, prealbumin), complication rates (aspiration, diarrhea, abdominal distension), and patient satisfaction. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis identified influencing factors.

Conditions

• Evidence-Based Nursing
• Critically Ill Patient
• Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Conventional group	The conventional group adhered to conventional nutritional management methods and training
OTHER	evidence-based nursing group	The study group implemented the EBN-based protocol alongside structured training

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-25
• Primary completion: 2025-10-05
• Completion: 2025-11-30
• First posted: 2025-05-30
• Last updated: 2026-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China