Tracheostomy Care: the Development of a Nurse Competence Through Experience – from Novice to Expert

Silva Kostyliovienė, Alina Vaškelytė, Rimantas Kėvalas, Aurelija Blaževičienė Abstract Tracheotomy is an opening made surgically in an anterior wall of the trachea. While nursing a patient with a tracheostomy, it is necessary for a nurse to have knowledge and skills in order to ensure safe and effective nursing care services and to provide a qualitative…