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UKCC guidance gives a clear framework within which nurses can enhance their practice. Enhanced nurses can extubate patients with appropriate training and suitable protocols. Cost-effective, high-quality care can be provided by nurses working to the best of their professional knowledge and skill.
Enhancing the nursing role can allow staff to provide more individualised care. Nurses in ICU can become involved in weaning patients from ventilators. Multidisciplinary team communication is vital in such advanced nursing practice.
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More nurses are now learning the skill of defibrillation. Nurses are the staff most likely to discover a patient in cardiac arrest and should be able to perform defibrillation. Nurses have a responsibility to maintain and update their skills in this area.
This paper describes an exploration of nurses' levels of knowledge over 6 months following a resuscitation workshop. Two concurrent but separate studies were run in the acute specialties of cardiac services and intensive care. The tools used were three identical questionnaires distributed at 3-monthly intervals, using the United Kingdom and European Resuscitation Council's guidelines (BLS Working Part of the ERC 1992) as the standard. The results of the questionnaire were supported by a semi-structured interview and workshop evaluation. The results show that initially knowledge levels were poor but that an increase in knowledge was observed over the 6 months. The results prompt recommendations in the form of education, clinical practice and further research.