An investigation of knowledge-attitude-behavior about unplanned extubation of central venous catheter among infusion nurses

VernacularTitle:护士对中心静脉导管非计划性拔管知信行的调查研究
Author: Weiqin WU ; Lifen CHEN ; Xuemei ZHOU ; Rui YU ; Yuying FAN ; Peiyi HE
Keywords: Unplanned Extubation; Catheterization,Central Venous; Nurses
From: Chinese Journal of Nursing 2017;52(4):454-457
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate current status of knowledge-attitude-behavior about unplanned extubation (UEX) of central venous catheter among infusion nurses in Guangdong Province.Methods The nurses who attended the 2015 intravenous therapy nursing training provided by Guangdong Nursing Association were selected as participants.A self-designed questionnaire about nurses' knowledge-attitude-behavior about UEX of central venous catheter was used to investigate 450 nurses.Results The proportion of nurses who reached good level in knowledge were 41.1％,nurses who had positive attitude were 71.0％,nurses who had positive behaviors were 30.0％.There were significant differences among nurses with different educational background,different titles and different hospital ranks(P＜0.05).Conclusion The knowledge-attitude-behavior of nurses are not satisfactory,especially those who are junior or have lower education or work in non-tertiary hospital.