Assessment of Nurses' Practices Regarding Blood Transfusion
| Main Authors: | Haseena Majeed, Kousar Parveen, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Afzal, Dr. Sayed Amir Gilani |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3996692 |
Daftar Isi:
- Nurses play a vital role in certifying blood transfusion safety as the nursing team is accountable for inspection of data to avoid errors, providing information about blood transfusion, identifying transfusion reactions and documentation of the procedure. The purpose of this study was to assess the nurses’ practices regarding blood transfusion procedure. It was a descriptive observational study conducted from February 2020 to May 2020 in two hospitals of Lahore. Participants were registered nurses, selected through random sampling technique and data was collected through direct observation. Sample size was 200, margin of error was 0.5% and confidence level was 95%. Results showed less than 50% staff nurses done appropriate practices before collection of blood bags from blood banks, and checks in the blood bank. More than 50% of nurses did appropriate practices before initiation of blood transfusion and less than half of the nurses did proper practices after initiation of blood transfusion. This study showed nurses average and poor practices regarding blood transfusion procedure as more than half of the nurses took less than 50% score. It is a need to organize educational programs, workshops and seminars to refresh and retain the knowledge to improve the nurses’ practices regarding blood transfusion.