Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (간호행정학회지)

Korean Academy of Nursing Administration (한국간호행정학회)
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A comparison of nursing effects after the improvement of nasogastric tube feeding method

비위관 영양방법 개선에 따른 간호효과 비교

  • Choi, Ja-Yun (Department of Nursing, Mokpo Catholic University) ;
  • Jang, Keum-Seong (Department of Nursing, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam Research Institute of Nursing Science) ;
  • Hwang, Seon-Young (Department of Nursing, Chonnam Techno College)
  • 최자윤 (목포가톨릭대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 장금성 (전남대학교 의과대학 간호학과, 전남대학교 간호과학연구소) ;
  • 황선영 (전남과학대학 간호과)
  • Published : 2002.12.30
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Abstract

Purposes : This study was conducted to examine nursing effects after using a new method of nasogastric tube feeding with recycled PETE bottle making use of gravity, and to compare with those of bolus method using syringe and pressure. Methods : The data collected from patients with nasogastric tube feeding more than a week at an internal medicine unit of C university hospital located in G-city from January 1st, 1998 through June 30th, 2000. For this nonequivalent control group posttest non-synchronized design, 28 patients were assigned to an experimental group and 35 patients to a control group. The homogeneity of two groups and the dependent variables were tested with use of $x^2-test$ and t-test. Results : The duration of hemostatic use was significantly shorter in the experimental group than control group(t=2.63, p=0.02). Also, the patients with PETE bottle feeding had a lower cost of material(t=3.51, p=0.01) and a lower rate of the time of direct nursing care(t=2.44, p=0.04) than those of control group. But, there was no significant difference between two groups in the length of hospital stay. Conclusion : This results indicates that nasogastric tube feeding with PETE bottle is superior to nasogastric tube feeding with syringe. This findings gave us an evidence to enhance nursing effectiveness in clinical setting.

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