Knowledge and practice towards care and maintenance of peripheral intravenous cannula among nurses in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal

Abstract

Aim The study is mainly concerned about the care and maintenance of peripheral intravenous cannulation: to determine the knowledge and practice of nurses towards care and maintenance of IV cannula and to find out the obstacles encountered in caring and maintaining IV cannula. Intravenous cannulation is a common procedure performed by nurses in every hospital and closely associated with the risk of nosocomial infections if standard care is not provided. Design A descriptive cross‐sectional study design was carried out. Methods Nurses' knowledge and practice towards care and maintenance of peripheral intravenous cannula were assessed using a validated semi‐structured self‐administered questionnaire through the census method. Data were analysed through SPSS program. The comparison was done between knowledge and practice. Results The findings revealed that 84.72% respondents were doing correct practices despite the fact that only 82.47% respondents had proper knowledge. Most nurses have good knowledge of caring and maintaining peripheral intravenous cannulation but there were some without proper knowledge and practice. This could be a potential risk factor for patient safety.

Assessment of Internship Nursing Students’ Performance toward Infection Control Precautions regarding Intravenous Infusion

“…However, the findings of present study were inconsistent with Al Yousef (2014) who found that internship nursing students had low level of performance regarding general measures of infection control standard precautions related to insertion of peripheral IV catheters and giving IV infusion. Also, the results of present study agreed with crosssectional studies done by Ghazali & Arbaee (2018) & Osti et al, (2019) to determine the knowledge and practice towards caring and maintaining peripheral IV cannula among nurses, they revealed that majority of them followed the correct practice of care and maintenance of peripheral IV cannula. However, these results were in disagreement with Qamar et al, (2017) in their study about assess nurses knowledge and practices towards care and maintenance of peripheral intravenous cannulation, as they found that nurses' practices are lacking as regard caring and maintenance of IV catheter.…”

Prevention and Treatment of Phlebitis Secondary to the Insertion of a Peripheral Venous Catheter: A Scoping Review from a Nursing Perspective

“…• Using alcoholic chlorhexidine solution at > 0.5% or aqueous chlorhexidine at 2%. In cases of hypersensitivity, iodine solutions or alcohol at 70% may be used [4,17].…”

“…Nurses' knowledge on the proper management of PVC and early recognition of risk factors can reduce these complications [14,17]. In Spain, it is a nursing competence, collected in Order CIN/2134/2008, of 3 July [18].…”

“…Guiding patients and family members on signs and symptoms of phlebitis, during infusion and post-infusion after extraction of PVC [2,31]. Educating patients on the fact that ensuring proper care of PVC helps reduce risk of infection [17].…”

Hemşirelerin Flebite İlişkin Bilgi Düzeylerinin Periferik İntravenöz Kateter Değişimine Etkisinin İncelenmesi

“…Bu durumun PİK ve flebite ilişkin bilgi düzeyi yeterli olan ve olmayan hemşireler arasında farklı olmadığı saptanmamıştır. Benzer olarak, Osti ve ark (2019) yaptığı çalışmada, hemşirelerin çoğunluğu (%82.4) PİK'le ilgili doğru bilgiye sahip olmasına rağmen %68'inin kateter takıldıktan 72 saat sonra herhangi bir komplikasyon veya enfeksiyon belirtisi görülmese dahi kateteri değiştirdiği belirlenmiştir [20]. Qamar ve ark (2017) yaptığı çalışmada hemşirelerin PİK uygulama ve bakımına ilişkin bilgi düzeyleri yeterli bulunmasına rağmen %66.3'ünün kateter değişimlerini 72 saat sonunda yaptıkları, uygulamalarda eksiklikleri olduğu ve PİK'e ilişkin protokolleri yeterince takip etmedikleri belirlenmiştir [21].…”