The Effectiveness of Safe Blood and Blood Products Transfusion Training for Intensive Care Nurses

Authors : Şahin Kadıoğlu, Betül Tosun

Pages : 181-194

Doi:10.62111/ybhd.1497103

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Publication Date : 2024-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: Nurses play an essential role in blood transfusion, and more than half of the steps in the transfusion chain are dependent on the nurses’ knowledge, awareness and skills. This study was conducted to determine the effect of safe blood and blood products transfusion training on knowledge of nurses in intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: This quasi-experimental pretest-posttest designed research was completed on (n=166) volunteering nurses working in ICUs. At first, a pretest evaluating the knowledge of nurses on blood and blood products transfusion was performed. Then, a training was provided to nurses and pop-up informative screen messages were sent via hospital information system each time when they sign in the system. Posttest was performed on nurses one month after the completion of the blood and blood products transfusion training. p<0.05was accepted as statically significant. Results: It was found that 48.8% of the intensive care nurses participating in the study were between 21-25 years old, 62.7% were women, 52.4% were bachelor degree graduates, and 56.0% of them had 1-5 years of experience. Mean blood and blood products transfusion knowledge score of the nurses was 60.25±8.92 before intervention and it increased to 78.17±8.19 after intervention with a statistically significant difference (p<0.001). Conclussion: It is found that blood and blood products transfusion knowledge of nurses increased after the training and messages sent on hospital information system. It is recommended that in-service training programs in line with up-to-date guidelines on blood and blood products transfusion should be provided to nurses in the institutions they work, steps of practice should be observed after the training and blood transfusion boards at the institutions should be facilitated to work effectively and efficiently.
Keywords : yoğun bakım, hemşirelik, kan transfüzyonu