Knowledge of pulse oximetry: comparison among intensive care, anesthesiology and emergency nurses

Abstract

These findings highlight the need for pregraduate education to follow clinical advances, and especially for the implementation of high-quality, continuing education programmes to provide systematic learning and support professional development of nurses.

Pediatric health care providers’ knowledge about patient follow-up with pulse oximetry

“…Sağlık çalışanlarının pulse oksimetrenin ne işe yaradığını, hangi ölçümlerin takip edildiğinin bilme oranları %65.3 -%84 arasında bildirilmektedir (6)(7)(8). Çalışmamızda da benzer olarak %57.8 oranı saptandı.…”

Graduate nurses’ knowledge of the functions and limitations of pulse oximetry

“…, Kiekkas et al . ). In fact, evidence suggests that in the setting of supplemental oxygen, ventilatory compromised patients may exhibit normal saturations in the presence of life threatening hypercapnia (Burton et al .…”

“…, Kiekkas et al . ). In an article addressing legal lessons of PO use (or misuse), Clark (, p. 162) highlights this principle and warns that in relation to the limitations of PO in the setting of anaemia: ‘The meaning of this is profoundly important … and confounds many malpractice cases’.…”

“…, Kiekkas et al . ) and the effect smoking and perfusion disorders have on PO data (Harper , Popovich et al . , Lee et al .…”

Estimation of oxygen saturation with laser optical imaging method

“…On the other hand, in order to monitor the SO2 value of whole circulation system of human, pulse oximetry is a non-invasive and widely used method [6,7]. It depends on the light absorption changes of the arterial blood, while the absorption of the skin, muscle, bones and venous blood remain unchanged.…”