Dysphagia In Nursing Essay

In the research article "Nurses' knowledge of the provision of oral care for patients with dysphagia" it puts into perspective the amount of knowledge registered nurses truly have regarding oral care for patients that have dysphagia and patients without. Throughout this article it discusses how poor oral care has a connection with obtaining community acquired pneumonia. People who have dysphagia are at such a high risk due to many factors which limit them the correct oral care they deserve. Risk factors that have a large influence on patients with dysphagia in relation to poor oral care are as follows: these patients are dependent on someone to provide oral care, many are impaired, immune suppressed and obtaining food via tube feeding (Griffiths et la, 2000).Registered nurses with such busy schedules often times look over or do not realize the importance tiny details are. A questionaire made up of 20 questions was given to Registered Nurses to quiz there understanding and knowledge of oral care and oral care with patients with dysphagia. One thing "of particular concern was the finding that only 3.8% of the participants associated poor oral hygiene with pneumonia" (Terpenning et al,2001;shay, 2002; El-Sohl et al, 2004). This studied showed that registered nurses may not have received accurate training in oral care …show more content…
This research paper taught me many things about how oral care on patients with dysphagia affects them. There are numerous risk factors that could affect a patient with dysphagia.Patients oral care and swallowing difficulties are two factors that can lead to ones developement of obtaining community aquired pneumonia. When providing oral care on a patient with dysphagia it is important not to use mouth wash because it can cause them to aspirate and to also use an actual toothbrush because a foam swab does not clean your teeth as well as