Nurses and nursing students’knowledge regarding blood transfusion:A comparative cross-sectional study

查看全文 作　　者：Rakhi [1]GAUR;Shiv Kumar [1]MUDGAL;Neha [2]SUYAL;Suresh Kumar [3]SHARMA;Rajat [4]AGARWAL;Ritu [5]RAJ;Chaturvedi [6]JITENDER 机构地区：[1]College of Nursing,AIIMS,Deoghar,Jharkhand,India;[2]Government Nursing College,Haldwani,Uttarakhand,India;[3]College of Nursing,AIIMS,Jodhpur,Rajasthan,India;[4]Department of CTVS,AIIMS,Deoghar,Jharkhand,India;[5]Department of Medicine,AIIMS,Deoghar,Jharkhand,India;[6]Department of Neurosurgery,AIIMS,Rishikesh,Uttarakhand,India 出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Nursing》索引2022年第4卷第3期,共8页 摘　　要：Objective:The objective of this study is to measure and compare the knowledge of nursing students and nurses on blood transfusion in an Indian context.Materials and Methods:The present comparative,cross-sectional study enrolled 296 nurses and 177 nursing students through a purposive sampling from a medical university hospital and different nursing institutions.The data were collected in the month of June and July of year 2021,using a self-structured questionnaire.The questionnaire had two sections:Section-I contained demographic data(8 items for nurses and 5 for students)and section-II included 26 items that assessed nurses’and nursing students’knowledge on blood transfusion.Results:Findings indicated that nurses and nursing students had insufficient knowledge about blood transfusion.Nurses,however,had significantly greater total blood transfusion knowledge scores than nursing students(16.51±3.85 vs.12.10±3.28;P<0.001).The marital status(adjusted odds ratio[AOR]=0.456,95%confidence interval[CI]0.244,0.853;P=0.037),educational level(AOR=5.072,95%CI 1.982,9.634(P=0.003);AOR=6.540,95%CI 2.54,16.871;P=0.001)and work experience(AOR=0.216,95%CI 0.067,0.702[P=0.037];AOR=0.331,95%CI 0.135,0.811;P=0.013)were the significant predictors of the level of knowledge among nurses.The attendance in any educational programme on blood transfusion(AOR=0.225,95%CI:0.062,0.818;P=0.041)was a significant predictor of the level of knowledge among nursing students.Conclusion:Nurses and nursing students have unsatisfactory knowledge on blood transfusion;emphasizing the critical need for immediate and successful teaching activities in this area. 关 键 词：Blood transfusion COMPARATIVE KNOWLEDGE nurses nursing students