Factors Affecting Nursing Care Provided for Patients undergoing Blood Transfusion at Intensive Care Units

Shatla, Alyaa Ali Mohammed; Gad, Sheren Mohammed Abed El-latief; Basal, Afaf Abdel Azize

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2022.274271

Factors Affecting Nursing Care Provided for Patients undergoing Blood Transfusion at Intensive Care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Bachelor of Nursing, Staff Nurse at Ophthalamic Hospital

² Assistant Professor of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

³ Prof of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

10.21608/tsnj.2022.274271

Abstract

Background; Blood transfusion is the transfer of blood or blood components from one
person to another. It is a potentially life-saving procedure that helps replace blood lost due to
surgery, illness, bleeding or severe injury, Aim and objectives; to assess factors affecting
nursing care provided for Patient undergoing blood transfusion, Subjects and methods; This
descriptive study design was conducted in Medical Units at Medical Hospital affiliated to
Tanta University Hospital Including All nurses (150) who were working in the above
mentioned setting intensive care units (ICU) who provided direct care for critically ill patients
undergoing blood transfusion, Result; More than two third (83.3%&80%&78%&78%) of
studied Nurse’s had Correct& complete answers about the causes of transfer of frozen fresh
plasma, the reasons for the transfer of concentrated red blood cells, meaning of blood function
and the rules of matching the patient's blood with the donor respectively, There had highly
statistically significant with 73.3% high knowledge regarding blood transfusion and p-value
was <0.001*, Conclusion; Majority of nurses had satisfactory knowledge regarding to
different aspects of management of patient undergoing blood transfusion and majority of them
showed satisfactory level of practice regarding to management of patients undergoing blood
transfusion