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dc.contributor.authorMunday, Joen
dc.contributor.authorDeans, Cecilen
dc.contributor.authorLittle, Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-14T23:35:18Zen
dc.date.available2013-01-14T23:35:18Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.identifier.govdoc00160en
dc.identifier.issn0279-3695en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11054/176en
dc.description.abstractElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly technical procedure requiring a team that consists of an anesthetist, a psychiatrist, a clinical nurse specialist, and recovery nurses. Traditionally, nursing education and training in the context of providing a safe and high standard of care has not been addressed. Ninety-two nurses from 42 different health agencies participated in a training program focusing on defibrillation, electrocardiogram (ECG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring, intubation, stimulus dosing, setting up the ECT equipment, and caring for the patient. A non-experimental, one-group, pretest-posttest research design was used in this study to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program for nurses working with ECT. Effective training for nurses was hypothesized to make a difference in the standards of practice and clinical effectiveness for patients undergoing ECT. Findings from this study indicated a major knowledge deficit in key components of ECT among nurses who have responsibilities in this area of nursing care. With effective training, nurses' confidence levels increased related to setting up the equipment, administering a double dose, helping with intubation, and using a defibrillator. If nurses are to effectively function as team members in the ECT procedure, they must receive the training necessary to prepare them for this important role. The results of this study support the recommendation of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists that ECT nurses should be appropriately trained in anaesthetic and resuscitation techniques and modern ECT practice.en
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dc.publisherSlacken
dc.titleEffectiveness of a training program for ECT nurses.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.type.specifiedArticleen
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleJournal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Servicesen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume41en
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue11en
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage20en
dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage26en
dc.publisher.placeNew Jerseyen
dc.subject.healththesaurusELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPYen
dc.subject.healththesaurusECTen
dc.subject.healththesaurusMULTIDISCIPLINARYen
dc.subject.healththesaurusTRAININGen
dc.date.issuedbrowse2003-01-01en
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