Background: Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) is a structured method for communicating critical information that requires immediate attention and action.
Objective: To study the effects of empathy nursing combined with the SBAR communication system on the negative emotions and nursing quality of children undergoing tracheotomy.
Methods: This is a clinical observational study. A total of 100 tracheotomy patients who were cared for in the pediatric intensive care unit (subsequent treatment in the tracheotomy clinic or otolaryngology ward) of our hospital from September 2021 to June 2022 were recruited and assigned at a ratio of 1:1 either into a control group (empathic care) or an observation group (empathic care combined with SBAR) using a randomized method. Further, the postoperative anxiety self-rating scale scores, negative emotions, hope index, and nursing quality were compared between the two groups.
Results: After nursing, the psychological resilience scale score of the observation group was higher than that of the control group, whereas the anxiety self-rating scale score was significantly lower than that of the control group (all P< 0.05). Basic and special nursing, knowledge awareness, and safety management of the two groups of patients improved significantly, with higher results in the observation group than in the control group (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: Empathy nursing combined with the SBAR communication system considerably improves postoperative negative emotions and enhances the quality of nursing care for patients undergoing tracheotomy.
Keywords: SBAR communication system; Tracheotomy; children; empathy nursing; nursing effect.