Development of Clinical Nursing Practice Guidelines for Management of Fever in Trauma Patients
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This study aimed to develop clinical nursing practice guideline (CNPG) for management of fever in trauma patients of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.
Related evidences were retrieved and synthesized resulting in CNPG based on 10 nursing research studies. The CNPG was assessed by 3 experts using AGREE II instrument with the content validity index (CVI) of 1.0. Data were collected from 10 trauma patients during 1- 30 September 2017. Results of the development were: 1) The CNPG comprised of 10 items divided into three categories: Category I, the assessment of fever (3 items); Category II, nursing care for reducing fever (5 items);and Category III, the evaluation after reducing fever (2 items); 2) The evaluation of the quality of the CNPG using AGREE II showed high scores indicating the quality of the CNPG; 3) The feasibility study of the CNPG indicated that the CNPG was at a good level; 4) The implementation of the CNPG by the healthcare team was found ata good level. It is suggested that the CNPG was effective. However, it should be tested in the larger group of trauma patients.
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