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Volume 3
Journal of Nursing Research and Practice
Nursing & Immunology 2019
March 11-12, 2019
Neonatology, Pediatric Nursing and Nursing
Immunology
March 11-12, 2019 London, UK
World Congress on
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World Congress on
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The patients’ lived experiences of mechanical ventilation post cardiac surgeries
Azza Awed Alguindy, Warda Youssef Mohamed
and
Ayman Salah Gado
King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, KSA
T
he care of mechanically ventilated patients is a fundamental component of critical care nurses' clinical practice. From the clinical
experience of the investigator, it has been observed that, being connected to mechanical ventilation post cardiac surgeries was
expressed as the most stressful and harsh experience to those patients. Less attention has been paid to patients' subjective experience
of mechanical ventilation; even though psychological factors have been proposed as important determinants of outcomes in some
patients. Therefore, the aimof this study was to explore the Patients’ lived experience of Mechanical Ventilation Post Cardiac Surgeries.
Thus, this study was done in an attempt to answer the research question; what are Patients’ lived experiences of Mechanical Ventilation
Post Cardiac Surgeries? Purposeful sample was used, the data saturation occurred with fourteenth participants who were willing and
able to communicate their experiences. In-depth Semi-structured interview was used to collect data using a pre-prepared interview
question guide which was written in the lay Arabic language in order to capture the linguistic as well as the cultural meaning of the
response and to enable the participants to move freely in their descriptions. All interviews were audio tape recorded, transcribed
verbatim and analyzed using Giorgi’s methods for phenomenological analysis. Three major themes were identified through analysis
of the participants' speech, these three major themes are: Intrapersonal experiences, Extra personal experiences and Interpersonal
experiences. And there is obvious interrelation among those major themes its subsequent themes. Intrapersonal experiences contain
two subthemes: physical experiences: breathlessness, mouth dryness, pain and physical discomfort. And emotional experiences:
shock, bothering, near death, inability to endure, powerlessness, knowledge deficit, safe/unsafe. extra personal experiences include
sleep disturbances, suctioning, chest physiotherapy, affected daily activities, and experience of disconnection. Interpersonal
experiences include the primacy of the nurse, impaired communication, reaction toward other patients, reaction toward visiting
and visitors. Participants responses centered on spiritual aspect. Ethical principles were maintained throughout the study. The
participants' identified experiences formed the basis for formulation of recommendation guidelines to improve nursing management
of mechanically ventilated patient post cardiac surgeries.
Biography
Azza Awad Algendy is currently working as the Assistant Professor Medical Surgical & Critical Care Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health
Sciences, Saudi Arabia. Lecturer of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt. Have a more than 20 years of experience in
clinical and education setting both in hospitals and educational institutions. Attended many national and international conferences, workshops and seminars as
presenter and speaker as well. Membership of editorial board, review committee expert panel of global illuminators research journals and conferences, Participation
in King Abdul Allah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMR) in KSAU as a reviewer for research projects.
elgendya@ksau-hs.edu.saAzza Awed Alguindy et al., J Nursing Research and Practice, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2632-251X-C1-003