Issues of communication between nurses and patients with secured airways at Resuscitation Department

Purpose: Interpersonal communication is one of the most important abilities and skills in everyday life. But when patient's communication ability is limited due to endotracheal or tracheostomy tube insertion, the patient, who had communicated verbally, is not able to convey their feelings, needs and wishes anymore. The purpose of this thesis is to help improve communication skills of nurses in the area of communication with conscious, unconscious and analgosedated patients whose airways are intubated. Methods: The survey has form of quantitative research, the questionnaire method was used. Research data was obtained from a total of 144 nurses working at resuscitation departments at four hospitals in Prague. Results: By studying this issue, it has been found nurses have trouble communicating with intubated patients. The most difficult communication is with conscious patients, who are intubated by endotracheal tube. Communicating with patients with impaired consciousness is also very problematic. Conclusion: Despite the fact, that communication with intubated patients is inherently difficult, more than half of the respondents have never been educated about how to communicate with these patients. Not only but also to address this issue, the outcome of this thesis is information brochure with..