Comparison of Knowledge Levels of Nursing Students and Clinical Nurses Related to Hemovigilance: Preliminary Work to Develop a Measurement Tool

Abstract

Objective:In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the knowledge level of the nursing students and clinical nurses who completed the clinical practice related to hemogivigilance.Methods:This research was designed to be comparative and cross-sectional. The measurement tool consists of two parts in the collection of research data. The first part included the demographic variables, and the second part included the “hemovigilance information index” (HII) created by the researcher. The sample included 146 nursing students and 137 clinical nurses working in the hospital for clinical practice, who volunteered to participate in the research. Ethical permissions were obtained from ethics committee to conduct the research.Results:It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge about hemovigilance or hemovigilance nursing, thinking that he/she was competent about hemovigilance, the necessity of education related to the subject, the meaning of the term “near miss” related to hemovigilance, knowledge of the transfusion follow-up form, and having knowledge about the reactions that might occur as a result of blood transfusion, and the number of correct answers (p<0.05).Conclusion:It was concluded that the knowledge level increased as the clinical experience increased in nursing students. It was determined that clinical nurses had a high level of knowledge of hemovigilance and students were not at the desired level. In-service trainings were found to be sufficient in this regard.

Keywords

• hemovigilance
• nurse
• blood and blood products
• transfusion
• hemovigilance nursing