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# Statement

Mean

1) “I have adequate time to provide oral care at least once a day”

1.49

2) “I have been given adequate training in providing oral care”

1.02

3) “There are supplies readily available to provide oral care in our unit”

1.35

4) “I prefer using an electric toothbrush to a manual toothbrush for cleaning patients’ teeth”

3.95

5) “The toothbrushes provided by the hospital are suitable for our patients”

2.28

6) “Oral care is a very high priority for mechanically ventilated patients”

1.19

7) “I find cleaning the oral cavity to be an unpleasant task”

4.44

8) “The oral cavity is a difficult area of the body to clean”

4.37

9) “No matter what I do, the mouths of most of the ventilated patients seem to get worse the longer they are on the ventilator”

3.28