Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Apr 2015)

Educational intervention on malignant hyperthermia with nursing professionals of the operating room

  • Cristina Silva Sousa,
  • Daniela Magalhaes Bispo,
  • Ana Lucia Mirancos da Cunha,
  • Ivana Lucia Correa Pimentel de Siqueira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420150000200015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 2
pp. 0292 – 0297

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on malignant hyperthermia with operating room nurses. METHOD A quasi-experimental study, aimed at an educational intervention of short duration with the nursing staff in the operating room of the institution hosting the research in the city of São Paulo, with the participation of 96 professionals. Pre-intervention tests and post-intervention tests were applied, which consisted of a lecture followed by simulation. RESULTS Considering the overall results of the intervention, there was a statistically significant difference (p<0.00). After the educational intervention, there was an increase of the minimum and maximum scores, and average growth of 2.64 points in the knowledge of professionals when compared to the previous step. CONCLUSION The educational intervention strategy favors the concept of the content developed by everyone involved and qualifies professionals to work safely.

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