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

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.

• Autores: Silva, Karla Fabiana Nunes da; Duarte, Rafaela Dagma; Floriano, Daniela Rosa; Andrade, Luana Foroni; Tavares, Jordânia Lumênia; Félix, Márcia Marques dos Santos; Zuffi, Fernanda Bonato; Pires, Patrícia Da Silva; Barbosa, Maria Helena
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/68283
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/68283; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/69316/
• Palabra clave: 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health; Blood Transfusion; Nursing, Team; Knowledge; Intensive Care Units; Transfusión Sanguínea; Grupo de Enfermería; Conocimiento; Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos; Transfusão de Sangue; Equipe de Enfermagem; Conhecimento; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional