Physiological Responses Related to Clustered Nursing Interventions among Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Caring of the mechanically ventilated patients is a fundamental component of the nurse sclinical practice in the intensive care units (ICUs). Clustered nursing interventions are defined asgroup of interventions more than six interventions for every patient in one nursing interaction.Physiological responses may be an immediate response or long term effects of one or more of the bodysystems related to physiological condition and therapeutic interventions. Critical care nurses monitorpatient’s physiological parameters on a regular basis to assure the patient’s stability. Objective:Determine physiological responses related to clustered nursing interventions among mechanicallyventilated patients. Setting: The ICUs of the Alexandria main university hospital and the General ICUof Damanhur Medical National Institute Hospital. Subjects: A convenience sampling of 80 adultmechanically ventilated patients. Tools: Two tools were used to collect the data of this study. Toolone: Physiological Response Measurement and tool two: Clustered Nursing InterventionsAssessment Record. Results: A significant relation between mean physiological responses andclustered nursing care. Conclusion: Most of the physiological responses were affected significantly bythe number of clustered nursing interventions, other are indicated by mean respiratory rate, meansystolic blood pressure and mean oxygen saturation. Recommendations: Continuous monitoring ofthe physiological responses during clustered nursing care performance. On-clustered nursinginterventions should be performed and applied in the ICUs to prevent physiological responsealterations related to clustered nursing interventions performance.