Nurses' Knowledge of Inadvertent Hypothermia

Hegarty, Josephine; Walsh, Elaine; Burton, Aileen; Murphy, Sheila E.; O'Gorman, Fionuala; McPolin, Gráinne

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.09.003

Cited by 37 publications

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“…Significantly, nurses involved with neonates need adequate knowledge about different procedures and their implementation to provide safe and necessary newborn care (Hegarty et al. ). According to Baqui et al.…”

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Newborn care in Nepal: the effects of an educational intervention on nurses' knowledge and practice

Shrestha

Petrini

Turale

2013

International Nursing Review

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This was the first study of its kind in Nepal, a small step in enhancing nurses' abilities to improve their knowledge and competence regarding care of newborns. However, continued education and guidance are required to sustain knowledge and competence in practice, and our educational intervention needs further testing with other populations of nurses. There are various policy implications required to enable this to happen. This includes health ministry funding and support for in-service education; hospitals and universities working together to offer in-service education, competency testing and revised curricula; and nurse registering authorities requiring ongoing nurse education programmes and competency testing.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Newborn care in Nepal: the effects of an educational intervention on nurses' knowledge and practice

Shrestha

Petrini

Turale

2013

International Nursing Review

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“…[1][2][3] On average, patients undergoing surgery will have a core temperature heat loss of between 1 C and 3 C. 4 Three principle factors are said to contribute to this occurrence:…”

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Preventing Inadvertent Hypothermia: Comparing Two Protocols for Preoperative Forced-Air Warming

Cobbe¹,

Staso²,

Duff³

et al. 2012

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

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Preoperative forced-air warming is one way of preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia. There is scant evidence, however, on the best warming method or the acceptability of these methods to patients. This pilot study compared two warming protocols: one that commenced at maximum temperature and was titrated down as requested (A) and one that commenced at near body temperature and was titrated up as tolerated (B). A crossover design was used in which each participant (n=10) received both protocols sequentially. The mean device temperature and length of time spent at maximum settings were greater for protocol A (43°C±0°C vs 41°C±1°C, P=.003; and 60±0 vs 41.5±2.8 minutes, P=.004). There was no difference in thermal comfort scores, participant temperature, or sweating between the two protocols. When asked, participants preferred protocol A to B (70% to 30%). Starting at higher device settings appears the more favorable of the two approaches.

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“…6,7 Staff development sessions about the risk factors, contributing factors, and best approaches to avoiding unintentional hypothermia (such as preoperative warming) remain necessary. Two studies found a gap in nurses' knowledge about unintentional hypothermia.…”

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confidence: 99%