Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program for Staff Nurses on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Blood Transfusion

Nisha Choudhary*, Parampal Kaur Cheema**, Jasdeep Kaur***, Loveleen****
*-**** Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, SPN, CON, Mukerian, Punjab, India.
Periodicity:February - April'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.10.1.16843

Abstract

A lack of awareness among nurses regarding transfusion practice has been identified as a reason for poor healthcare. The present study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge and practice regarding blood transfusion among staff nurses in selected hospitals of district Hoshiarpur, Punjab. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used. A Consecutive sampling technique was used to select 60 staff nurses. Data were collected with a structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist. More than half (55%) of the staff nurses in pretest had average knowledge, 40% had poor knowledge and only 5% had good knowledge and 46.67% of staff nurses had poor practice skills, 53.33% had average practice skills. In the posttest, 46.67% of staff nurses had good knowledge, 53.33% had average knowledge and 6.67% of staff nurses had good practice skills, 93.33% had average practice skills.The difference between the mean pretest and posttest knowledge score (6.09) and practice score (4.57) was statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Thus, it is concluded that structured teaching program was an effective tool in improving knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding blood transfusion.

Keywords

Blood, Transfusion, Checklist, Nurses, Questionnaire.

How to Cite this Article?

Choudhary, N., Cheema, P. K., Kaur, J., and Loveleen. (2020). Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program for Staff Nurses on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Blood Transfusion. i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 10(1), 22-28. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.10.1.16843

References

[1]. Azizi, S., Tabary, S. Z., & Soleimani, A. (2014). Prevalence of Acute blood transfusion reactions in Mazandaran Heart Centre, Sari, Iran, 2010-2012. Medical Archives, 68(2), 137-139. https://doi.org/10.5455/medarh. 2014.68.137-139
[2]. Balentine J. R. (2016). Blood transfusion procedure, reactions, risks, side effects, complications and recovery time. https://www.medicinenet.com/ blood_transfusion/ article. htm#blood_transfusion_definition_and_facts
[3]. Devi, Y. S. (2009). A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and practice regarding blood transfusion among the nurses working in selected cardiac hospital, Bangalore. http://www.rguhs.ac.in/cdc/onlinecdc/ uploads/05_N502_13683.doc
[4]. Duarte, R. D., da Silva, K. F. N., dos Santos Félix, M. M., Tavares, J. L., Zuffi, F. B., & Barbosa, M. H. (2017). Knowledge about blood transfusion in a critical unit of a teaching hospital. Bioscience Journal, 33(3), 788-798. https://doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v33n3-36196
[5]. Elhy, A. H. A., & Kasemy, Z. A. A. (2017). Nurses' knowledge assessment regarding blood transfusion to ensure patient safety. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 6(2), 104-111. https://doi.org/10.9790/1959- 060202104111
[6]. Freixo, A., Matos, I., Leite, A., Silva, A., Bischoff, F., Carvalho, M., ... & Delgado, B. (2017). Nurses knowledge in Transfusion Medicine in a Portuguese university hospital: The impact of an education. Blood Transfusion, 15(1), 49- 52. https://doi.org/10.2450/2016.0185-15
[7]. Hijji, B., Parahoo, K., Hussein, M. M., & Barr, O. (2013). Knowledge of blood transfusion among nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(17-18), 2536-2550. https://doi.org/10. 1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04078.x
[8]. Hoffman, M. (2019, May 18). Human Anatomy: Blood Cells, Plasma, Circulation, and More. https://www.webmd. com/heart/anatomy-picture-of-blood#1 https://doi.org/ 10.9790/1959-060202104111
[9]. Kavaklioglu, A. B., Dagci, S., & Oren, B. (2017). Determination of health workers' level of knowledge about blood transfusion. Northern clinics of Istanbul, 4(2), 165- 172. https://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2017.41275
[10]. NDTV India. (2017). Why is There a Blood Shortage in India? NDTV India. https://www.ndtv.com/ health/why-isthere- a-blood-shortage-in-india-1712012
[11]. Rafii, F., Amiri, M. J., Dehnad, A., & Haghani, H. (2016). The effect of workshop and multimedia training methods on Nurse's knowledge and performance on blood transfusion. Journal of Client-Centered Nursing Care, 2(4), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.32598/jccnc.2.4.223
[12]. Silva, K. F. N, Duarte, R. D, Floriano, D. R., Andrade, L. F, Tavares, J. L., Felix, M. M. S., & Barbosa, M. H. (2017). Blood transfusion in intensive care units: Knowledge of the nursing team. Avances en Enfermería, 35(3), 313-323. https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v35n3.62354
[13]. Tavares, J. L., Barichello, E., Mattia, A. L. D., & Barbosa, M. H. (2015). Factors associated with knowledge of the nursing staff at a teaching hospital on blood transfusion. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem, 23(4), 595-602. http://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0024.2593
[14]. Vaghar, M. I. (2018). The Impact of an Educational Program on Blood and Blood Products Transfusion on Nurses' Level of Knowledge and Performance. Journal of Medicine and Life, 11(3), 238-242. https://doi.org/10. 25122/jml-2018-0016
[15]. W. H. O. (2019). Blood Safety and Availability. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ bloodsafety- and-availability
If you have access to this article please login to view the article or kindly login to purchase the article

Purchase Instant Access

Single Article

North Americas,UK,
Middle East,Europe
India Rest of world
USD EUR INR USD-ROW
Pdf 35 35 200 20
Online 35 35 200 15
Pdf & Online 35 35 400 25

Options for accessing this content:
  • If you would like institutional access to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
    Library Recommendation Form
  • If you already have i-manager's user account: Login above and proceed to purchase the article.
  • New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.