Blood transfusion in Intensive Care Units: knowledge of the nursing team*

• Main Authors: Karla Fabiana Nunes da Silva (Author), Rafaela Dagma Duarte (Author), Daniela Rosa Floriano (Author), Luana Foroni Andrade (Author), Jordânia Lumênia Tavares (Author), Márcia Marques dos Santos Félix (Author), Fernanda Bonato Zuffi (Author), Patrícia da Silva Pires (Author), Maria Helena Barbosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Objective: To assess the knowledge of nursing team professionals in the Intensive Care Units of blood transfusion and related factors associated with it. Methodology: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, which was carried out in three hospitals. The non-systematic sample included 104 nursing professionals working in the Intensive Care Units of these health institutions. For data collection, a checklist instrument developed and validated by the authors was used. Results: The overall knowledge score registered an average of 50.4%.The factors associated with knowledge were as follows: Training and/or guidance and monitoring of the protocols/directions to carry out the transfusion process; Frequency of blood transfusion procedures carried out by professionals; and The self-confidence factor. For etapa pré-transfusão, etapa de transfusão and etapa póst-transfusão stages, the results were 48.3%, 52.2%, and 58.3%, respectively. Conclusions: This study identified that, on the one hand, nursing professionals possess increased knowledge of post-transfusion complications; and, on the other, that self-confidence, use of protocols, training programs, and having only one job are factors associated with increased knowledge and with vigilance during the procedure.  

Item Description

10.15446/av.enferm.v35n3.62354
0121-4500
2346-0261