Assessment of Nurses’ knowledge and Practice for Caring of Children Undergoing Blood Products Transfusion

Abstract

Background: Nursing care for children undergoing blood products transfusion is centered on their knowledge and practice about blood products, through assessment, and the application of infusion parameters. Aim of the study: to assess nurses' knowledge, practice for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. Research design: A descriptive design was utilized. Subject: a purposive sample of 150 nurses working in Pediatric Units Ain Shams University Hospitals. Tools: (1) structured questionnaire format to assess nurses' knowledge for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. (2) Observational checklist to assess nursing practice for caring of children undergoing blood product transfusion. Results: more than one third of the studied nurses had poor knowledge and more than half of them had incompetent practice for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. Conclusion: Nurses had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and practice for caring of children undergoing blood products transfusion. There was statistically significant relation between total knowledge, total practice and their demographic characteristics. Recommendations: Establish in-service training programs for continuous updating nurses' knowledge about blood product transfusion, Providing of on job training programs for staff nurses about blood products transfusion.