Abstract
Background: Blood transfusion is an essential component of modern health care thatsaves 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 ofpatients undergoing blood transfusion. Subjects and Methods : A descriptive researchdesign was utilized in this study. The study was carried out at three hospitals affiliated tothe Ministry of Health (Port-Said General Hospital, Port -Fouad General Hospital, and ElZohoer Centeral Hospital). The study sample composed of 134 nurses. The data werecollected using three tools (a structured interview sheet for knowledge, nurses' attitudequestionnaire and an observational checklist for practice. Results: The results of thepresent study revealed that there were highly statistically significant relations between thestudied nurses' total knowledge mean scores and total practice mean scores with theireducational level with p ≤ 0.001. In addition ,there was a highly positive statisticallysignificant correlation between the studied nurses' total knowledge mean scores and theirtotal practice mean scores with p ≤ 0.00 .Conclusion : Based on the results of thepresent study, it can be concluded that, the majority of the studied nurses haveunsatisfactory level of knowledge and less than three-quarters of them have unsatisfactorylevel of practice with more than the half of them have positive attitudes regarding nursingcare of patients undergoing blood transfusion. It was recommended that educationaltraining programs should be provided to nurses to improve their level of knowledge andpractice about nursing care provided to patients undergoing blood transfusion
Highlights
Blood component therapy is frequently used to manage hematologic diseases
Figure (2): represents that 51.5% of the studied nurses have positive responses regarding their total scores of attitude
Concerning total score of nurses ' knowledge regarding to care of patients undergoing blood transfusion, the findings of this study revealed that there was a marked unsatisfactory level in their total knowledge
Summary
Blood component therapy is frequently used to manage hematologic diseases. Many therapeutic and surgical procedures depend on blood product support. Blood component therapy only temporarily supports the patient until the underlying problem is resolved. Because transfusions are not free from hazards, they should be used only if necessary (Lewis et al, 2014). Blood transfusion is a lifesustaining and life-saving treatment, but they aren’t without risk. Conditions that warrant blood transfusions range from acute trauma to intra-operative blood loss to compromised blood-cell production secondary to disease or treatment 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
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