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Objective: To find out if non-invasive ventilation (NIV) as a ventilation modality increases the burden on nursing personnel and give suggestions how the presence of non-medical caregivers in an ICU with an extreme staff shortage can reduce nursing workload during mechanical ventilation. Background: Although the European Union offers good quality healthcare, there are middle-income countries in the alliance that suffer from nursing staff shortage. For example, Bulgaria needs two times more nurses than it has now to meet the needs of its healthcare system. This calls for strategies that reduce nursing workload as much as possible. There is a common perception that NIV is more time-consuming for nurses compared to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) but only a few studies discuss the matter and none of them are settled in the unique environment where medical and non-medical caregivers provide direct patient care as a team. study design and methods: This is an observational study conducted in a specialised respiratory ICU with trained nurses, physiotherapists, and non-medical caregivers in a university hospital in Bulgaria. Ninety adult patients (43 on NIV and 47 on IMV) with acute respiratory failure that were on mechanical ventilation for at least five days were included. Nursing workload was measured via the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). Average and daily NAS were compared between groups. Then individual components of the score were analysed to determine which activities have the greatest impact on nursing workload. results: Average (39.72 ± 6.35 vs 46.08 ± 5,66, p< 0.001) and daily NAS for the first five days of mechanical ventilation and was significantly higher in the IMV group. There was a substantial drop of nurse workload with time in both groups, more significant for the patients who ventilated invasively. It occurred on the second day in both groups (NIV: p=0.005, 95%CI: 0.88-4.
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The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, practice guidelines, and commentary relevant to nursing and midwifery practice, health- maternity- and aged- care delivery, public health, healthcare policy and funding, nursing and midwifery education, regulation, management, economics, ethics, and research methodology. Further, the journal publishes personal narratives that convey the art and spirit of nursing and midwifery.
As the official peer-reviewed journal of the ANMF, AJAN is dedicated to publishing and showcasing scholarly material of principal relevance to national nursing and midwifery professional, clinical, research, education, management, and policy audiences. Beyond AJAN’s primarily national focus, manuscripts with regional and international scope are also welcome where their contribution to knowledge and debate on key issues for nursing, midwifery, and healthcare more broadly are significant.