Chinese Journal of Nursing 2017;52(4):454-457

doi:10.3761/j.issn.0254-1769.2017.04.015

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

Weiqin WU ; Lifen CHEN ; Xuemei ZHOU ; Rui YU ; Yuying FAN ; Peiyi HE

Keywords

Unplanned Extubation; Catheterization,Central Venous; Nurses

Country

China

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.