Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge and Practice for Caring of Children Undergoing Blood Products Transfusion

Eid Hussien Elbaqary, Mona; Fathy El-Sayed, Zeinab; Nader Sadek, Bothayna

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.201436

Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge and Practice for Caring of Children Undergoing Blood Products Transfusion

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing specialist at El- Sheikh Zayed hospital

² Professor ofPediatricNursing,Faculty of Nursing,Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

³ Assistant Professor of PediatricNursing,Faculty ofNursing,Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2021.201436

Abstract

Background: Nursing care for children undergoing blood products transfusion is
centered on their knowledge and practice about blood products, through assessment, and the
application of infusion parameters. Aim of the study: to assess nurses’ knowledge, practice
for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. Research design: A
descriptive design was utilized. Subject: a purposive sample of 150 nurses working in
Pediatric Units Ain Shams University Hospitals. Tools: (1) structured questionnaire format
to assess nurses’ knowledge for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. (2)
Observational checklist to assess nursing practice for caring of children undergoing blood
product transfusion. Results: more than one third of the studied nurses had poor knowledge
and more than half of them had incompetent practice for caring of children undergoing blood
products transfusion. Conclusion: Nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and practice
for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. There was statistically
significant relation between total knowledge, total practice and their demographic
characteristics. Recommendations: Establish in-service training programs for continuous
updating nurses' knowledge about blood product transfusion, Providing of
on job training
programs for staff nurses about blood products transfusion.

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