The Faculty of Nursing at Baghdad University discussed the Capstone tagged Evidence Based Nursing Practices Toward Oral Hygiene to Prevention Mechanical Ventilator Associated Pneumonia for the student Nagham Hasan Salman.
The aim of the Capstone is to explore from systematically review previous studies the evidence-in based practices for nurses toward oral hygiene to prevent ventilator -associated pneumonia.
The Capstone also included that Implementation of an oral care protocol, on-going nurse education and evaluation were important in reducing the incidence of Ventilator- associated pneumonia also Significant reductions in ventilator-associated pneumonia rates may be achieved through improved education and implementation of oral care protocols with 0.12% chlorhexidine solution.
The most important recommendations reached by the study: Carried out education sessions designed to inform nurses about the ventilator bundle and its use to prevent ventilator- associated pneumonia and Emphasizes the importance of organizing oral care refresher training sessions regularly to improve nurses' practice.. And the estimate that the researcher got passed.