Application of implementing special nursing project improvement in chest CT examinations under novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic situation

Objective To investigate the application effect of implementing the special nursing project improvement in chest CT examinations process under the recent novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic situation to establish a safe and high efficiency CT examination procedure under this epidemic situation. Methods The patients using the traditional procedure to conduct chest CT examination from January 21 to 30, 2020 were set as the control group (n=1 353), while those implementing the new examination process after special nursing project improvement to complete the chest CT examination from January 31 to February 9, 2020 were set as the observation group (n=1 776). The related indicators were compared between the two groups. Results The chest CT examination process after implementing the special nursing project improvement optimization made the patient′s waiting time to be reduced from (7.0±4.5) min to (3.7±3.3) min, while the patient′s satisfaction increased from 83.0%(166/200) to 95.0%(190/200), achieving the purpose of special project improvement. Conclusion The chest CT examination process after the special nursing project improvement optimization can shorten the patient′s waiting time, reduces the risk of cross infection among the patients and between the nurses and patients, enhances the safety of nursing, increases the patient′ s satisfaction and the quality of CT examination, which is worth popularizing and applying by the colleagues in the radiology department under the novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic situation. Key words: Special nursing project; Novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia; CT examinations; Nursing management