Evaluation of nursing care needs in patients with mechanical ventilation

Aim: This ventilation study was planned and implemented to show the daily activities of the mechanically operated patients, nursing care requirement and the extent to which these requirements are met. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a descriptive study with 71 patients who received mechanical ventilation support treatment in intensive care units in a private hospital connected to the foundation unit and agreed to participate in the study. The data were gathered by questionnaire form with approval of the institution and approval of the ethics committee. The questionnaires were evaluated using the SPSS 22.0 program. Findings: It was determined that the average score of the KATZ daily living activities scale of the participating patients was 11,63 ± 3,314, according to which the patients entered the semi-dependent group. There was a statistically significant difference (p <0.05), for patients who participated in the research, between the answers given to the questions about meeting the nursing care needs in the subjects they needed. According to this; It is shown that patients are very confident in nursing care, nursing care given has moderate effect on taking medication, moderate nutritional problems, patients can receive information from the nurses at the intermediate level during these applications, nursing practice is very helpful in relieving pain and nausea-vomiting related to illness, when nurses fulfill their care practices patients behaved very appropriate to their opinions and values, nurses give explanatory information about the care, nurses are very friendly and have moderate effective communication during the applications, nurses have been very careful to protect privacy and have enabled their families to participate in nursing care practices. Result: It is important for nurses to understand determination of the care needs of patients who received mechanical ventilation support therapy and need to increase their level of knowledge about meeting these requirements. To do this, intensive care nurses should be encouraged to use their visual learning techniques and simulation application methods as well as their theoretical training on the subject. Key Words: Mechanical Ventilation, Patient, Nursing, Care, Requirement