Investigation on cognitive status of emergency nurses on intravenous infusion of high-alert drugs in maternal and child hospital
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20200618-02812
- VernacularTitle:妇幼专科医院急诊科护士对静脉输注高警示药物认知现状调查
- Author:
Min XU
;
Jing WU
;
Juan HU
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2021;37(16):1206-1212
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To describe the status and influencing factors of emergency nurses′ high-alert drugs knowledge level in maternal and child hospital.Methods:Totally 171 nurses working in emergency department from 6 hospitals in Chengdu including West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Chengdu Women and Children Central Hospital, Chengdu Longquanyi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Chengdu Chenghua Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Chengdu Pengzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital were selected through convenient sampling to fill out the scale.Results:Nurses′ average score of high-alert drugs knowledge was 29.52±2.74. The accuracy of each item ranged from 22.2% to 100.0%. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that major influencing factors for their knowledge level included monthly income, length of service in the emergency department, professional title, the model explained 12.7% amount of variance ( R2 value was 0.127, P<0.01). Conclusions:Emergency department nurses in maternal and child hospitals have insufficient awareness of intravenous infusion of high-alert drugs, and they have a high demand for knowledge. In order to ensure the safety of clinical drug use, it is urgent to formulate targeted training programs to improve nurses' knowledge level of high-alert drugs.