This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study with the aim to evaluate and selfevaluate the knowledge of nurses from adult Intensive Care Units about direct and indirect blood pressure measurement. Fifty-four nurses from three Intensive Care Units were approached. They answered a self-administered questionnaire with 65 questions (40 related to blood pressure). Nurses had insufficient performance on the test that assessed knowledge (average score 4.6). Half of the sample felt dissatisfied with their knowledge about blood pressure. After answering the questionnaire the subjects self-rated their knowledge as regular (48.2%), bad (27.8%) and poor (9.3%) indicating they are aware of the importance for the subject to practice. The results show the need of urgent implementation of continuing education for this sample, since they are professionals who work directly with a priority vital sign on care to critical patients.
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Da Costa Farias Almeida, T., & Lamas, J. L. T. (2013). Nurses of adult intensive care unit: Evaluation about direct and indirect blood pressure measurement. Revista Da Escola de Enfermagem, 47(2), 364–371. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342013000200013
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