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Introduction: endotracheal tube suctioning is a process in which a catheter is inserted in an endotracheal tube to suction the secretion from the patient lung by applying negative pressure. No studies have been conducted to assess knowledge about endotracheal suction, and indication criteria of endotracheal suction among Jordanian nurses working in Critical Care Units at Jordanian hospitals. Purpose: This study aimed to assess knowledge about endotracheal tube suction among Jordanian critical care nurses at Jordanian hospitals and to determine the predictors of endotraheal suction tube knowledge and predictors of knowledge about indication criteria of suction. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted. A convenient sampling technique was used to recruit a convenience sample of 140 nurses working in critical care units at six Jordanian hospitals. Data were gathered using a endotracheal tube suction questionnaire to assess the level of endotracheal tube suction knowledge and endotracheal tube suction criterion (15 criterion). Data were analyzed by using the statistical package for social sciences version 23. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05, mean, standard Deviation, frequency, person r, regression analysis were used Result: result indicated that the mean of total endotracheal tube suction knowledge among critical care nurses was 10.7 (SD= 2.70) and mean of total endotracheal suction tube (ETTS) indication criteria knowledge of ICU nurses was 8.7 (SD= 3.61). In addition, result showed that there was a statistically significant correlation between endotracheal suction knowledge and age (r=0.14, P<0.001), income (r= 0.44, P<0.000), experience (r=0.43, P, 0.001), gender (rpb= -0.21, P= 0.015), educational level (rpb=013, P=<0.001). The result revealed that there was a statistically significant correlation between endotracheal suction criterion knowledge and age (r= 0.04, P=0.001), income (r= 0.29, P= 0.001), experience (r= 0.39, P= 0.01), gender (rpb= - 0.22, P= 0.009), education level (rpb= 0.24, P=0.004). The result of regression revealed that the most significant predictors for endotracheal suction knowledge were higher monthly income, higher educational level and male gender. Finally the most significant predictors for endotracheal suction criteria knowledge were the education level, and gender. Conclusions: the result indicated that relatively adequate level of knowledge about endotracheal suction and indication criteria for suction. This indicated the need to conduct more research studies that clarify the effect of education on knowledge of endotracheal suction tube and indication criteria for suction. More continuous education is needed and more focus should be on female nurses, with low income and has bachelor degree in nursing.
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