J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2010 Nov;17(4):478-486.

ICU Nurses' Compliance with Standards for Critical Care Nursing Practice

• Yi YH
• Jung YY
• Kim MS
• Kim SH

Abstract

PURPOSE
To explore nurses' compliance with standards for critical care nursing practice in intensive care units (ICUs) and to provide basic data for high quality of critical care nursing. METHOD: A total of 616 participants from 61 ICUs which are graded from 1 to 7 throughout the nation were surveyed. Data were collected from February 9 to February 27, 2009 using a uestionnaire consisting of 58 questions including 50 nursing activities as indicators.
RESULTS
The rate of ICU nurses' compliance with standards for critical care nursing practice was high. As for individual standards, compliance with the standard of assessment was the highest, followed by implementation, diagnosis, and planning in that order. There were differences in compliance according to nurses' ICU experience, work place (unit), and ICU grade. A shortage of manpower was considered as a main cause for noncompliance.
CONCLUSION
The present compliance rate with standards for critical care nursing practice by ICU nurses was identified. Therefore, compliance rate can be used to promote quality of critical care nursing and development of educational programs for ICU nurses.

Keyword

Nurses; Critical Care; Standards; Compliance

MeSH Terms

Compliance
Critical Care
Hypogonadism
Intensive Care Units
Mitochondrial Diseases
Ophthalmoplegia
Workplace
Hypogonadism
Mitochondrial Diseases
Ophthalmoplegia