Nurses' Performance Regarding Caring of Patients Undergoing Blood Transfusion

Abstract

Background: Blood transfusion is an essential component of modern health care that saves millions of lives each year, and it will continue to be so for many years to come.Aim : the current study aimed to assess nurses' performance regarding nursing care of patients undergoing blood transfusion. Subjects and Methods : A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. The study was carried out at three hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health (Port-Said General Hospital, Port -Fouad General Hospital, and El-Zohoer Centeral Hospital). The study sample composed of 134 nurses. The data were collected using three tools (a structured interview sheet for knowledge, nurses' attitude questionnaire and an observational checklist for practice. Results: The results of the present study revealed that there were highly statistically significant relations between the studied nurses' total knowledge mean scores and total practice mean scores with their educational level with p ≤ 0.001. In addition ,there was a highly positive statistically significant correlation between the studied nurses' total knowledge mean scores and their total practice mean scores with p ≤ 0.00 .Conclusion : Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that, the majority of the studied nurses have unsatisfactory level of knowledge and less than three-quarters of them have unsatisfactory level of practice with more than the half of them have positive attitudes regarding nursing care of patients undergoing blood transfusion. It was recommended that educational training programs should be provided to nurses to improve their level of knowledge and practice about nursing care provided to patients undergoing blood transfusion.

Factors Affecting Nursing Care Provided for Patients undergoing Blood Transfusion at Intensive Care Units

“…Regarding the relationship between nursing knowledge and practice, Hendy et al, (34) discovered a positive correlation between the overall level of nurses' knowledge and their practice (r<0.65). In addition, Saied et al, (35) discovered that nurses' total knowledge and total practice scores were positively correlated. Our results showed that highly statistically significant deference between total practice and total factors (P <0.001).…”

“…The pattern of this examine had been consisted of all nurses (150) who had been operating with inside the above referred to placing of in depth care devices (ICU) and offer direct take care of sufferers present process blood trans-fusion allotted as the subsequent: (50) nurses in Anaesthesia Intensive Care Units, (35) nurses in in depth care devices in Medical Hospital, (35) nurses in cardiac and (30) nurses in neurological in depth care devices affiliated to Tanta University Hospital. .…”

“…The adverse reactions can be classified based on the severity of the symptoms, mild or severe, or the time of onset as acute or delayed . (5) The adverse reaction of blood transfusion includes the following: -there are many adverse effects and reaction of blood transfusion. This adverse reaction of event is undesirable response of effect in patient temporally associated with the administrating blood or blood component.…”

Personnel for Blood Transfusion Services in Nigeria: A Multicenter Cooperative Study

“…The community must get high-quality medical care through hospitals, which serve as the primary organization for the delivery of public services. In accordance with these provisions, there are four sections pertaining to hospitals' obligations in providing medical services, namely: Responsibility for employees: competent personnel must be hired through an open and transparent hiring process, professional Thalassemia Syndromes -New Insights and Transfusion Modalities responsibility for quality: Professional bodies are always required to set up ongoing training programs for their members in blood transfusion services in order to comply with international best practices, responsibility for facilities and equipment; appropriate financing should be available to supply the tools and supplies that medical professionals, particularly those working in blood transfusion units, need; and Last but not least, the hospital is responsible for the building's safety and upkeep [32][33][34]. This includes making sure that both patients and staff are safe inside the institution.…”

“…Healthcare facilities in Nigeria should make every attempt to keep everyone's values and presumptions in mind as it may affect interactions with team members who are other professionals. Regardless of the talents and limitations of various team members, effective teamwork contributes to the provision of high-caliber and safe healthcare [33,34]. Hospitals must create a blood transfusion committee that meets regularly to examine the current transfusion strategy, and best practices, compile a transfusion manual and handbook, as well as to take training sessions to stay informed about the current state of transfusion services [34].…”