Oral medications administration through enteral feeding tube: Clinical pharmacist-led educational intervention to improve knowledge of Intensive care units' nurses at Jordan University Hospital

N Abu Hdaib, A Albsoul-Younes, M Wazaify, N Abu Hdaib, A Albsoul-Younes, M Wazaify

Abstract

Introduction: Medication administration through enteral feeding tubes is a practice that is commonly encountered in hospital settings, particularly in critically ill patients. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of intensive care unit nurses regarding enteral medication administration and evaluate the effect of an educational intervention led by a clinical pharmacist that would improve nurses' knowledge regarding the subject.

Methods: A pre/post interventional study was conducted. Improvement in nurses' knowledge regarding medication administration through an enteral feeding tube was assessed using a validated questionnaire.

Results: Data were coded, entered, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS statistics 22). Independent samples t-test and paired t-test were used to detect any statistically significant differences in the mean total knowledge scores both between and within each group respectively. A P-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The mean total knowledge score for nurses in the intervention and control group at the pre-interventional phase of the study was inadequate. There was a statistically significant improvement in the mean total knowledge score for the interventional group at the post-interventional phase of the study, while that of the control group remained inadequate (Intervention group total mean knowledge score at baseline 12.11 ± 3.75, post-intervention 21.50 ± 2.36, p-value <0.001; Control group total mean knowledge score at baseline 12.05 ± 3.12, post-intervention 12.60 ± 3.76, p-value 0.96).

Conclusion: Incorrect drug preparation and administration for patients with feeding tubes can affect patients. The knowledge of nurses regarding the subject can be improved significantly via an educational intervention. The activation of clinical pharmacists' role and collaboration between pharmacists, physicians, and nurses is highly recommended in this clinical setting.

Keywords: Clinical pharmacist; Enteral feeding; Feeding tube; Medication administration.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

© 2021 The Authors.

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Description of the different stages of the study.
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Process of study sample recruitment.

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