EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL GROUP TRAINING ON BEHAVIORAL SKILLS OF ICU NURSES

Aim and background: Numerous errors can occur during administration of nutrient-medication orders
through feeding tubes. Proper performance of the nurses can enhance the patients’ safety and prevent from the
future complications. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of training in small groups on the
performance of nurses in administration of nutrient-medication orders.
Materials and methods: This is an experimental study conducted in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Urmia. 80
nurses were entered to the study by census sampling method. Their knowledge and performance in terms of
medication administration were evaluated before and one month after the training program.
Findings: It was observed that before training, the knowledge of the nurses in control group (90.6%) and
intervention group (80%) was in weak level. After training, the knowledge state of 97.1% of intervention
group’s nurses improved to good level. Before training, most of the nurses of both groups showed improper
performance. However, training program improved the performance of the nurses in intervention group.
Discussion and conclusion: Some errors may happen during medication administration by feeding tubes which
could result in undesirable complications. In this regard, improvement and application of correct medication
administration techniques can result in increase of drugs’ and diets’ effectiveness, patients’ safety and reduction
of feeding tubes blockage