Outcome of Designed Guidelines for Nurses Caring for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Patients

Abstract

Upper GI endoscopy it is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure that provide good view of the mucosal surfaces of the upper GI tract and management of many GI conditions. The nurse endoscopist should be offer a holistic package of care to patients undergoing GI endoscopy throughout the procedure. The role of an endoscopy nurse has been expanded still further. As a result of the expanded duties and responsibilities being placed on endoscopy nurses, task-specific training is critically important. Every endoscopy unit should implement a performance improvement programs for nurses to improve nurses' performance and patients' outcomes (Tan et al., 2018). Moreover "outcomes" has become a popular word in contemporary health care. This emphasis on identifying and measuring the results of interventions and practice is noteworthy, necessary and has important implications for upper GI endoscopic patients. Improving the outcomes of upper GI endoscopic patients requires the best efforts of nurses in multiple settings and roles, working collaboratively with families, patients and other health team (Williams & Hopper, 2015).