Auditing and Re-auditing Nursing Care for Children Receiving Blood Transfusion | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 20, Volume 6, Issue 15, December 2018, Page 179-192 PDF (804.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2018.59677 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Manar M. Sayed1; Eman S. Ahmed2; Khaled I. Elsayh3; Faranca A. Ahmed4 | ||||
| 1Nursing Specialist, El-Eman General Hospital, Assiut, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: pediatric blood transfusion has many potential risks as infections with transmissible disease carried by the donor and transfusion-related acute lung injury which can be decreased by sufficient nursing interventions. Aim to audit and re-audit nursing care for children receiving blood transfusion. Design: descriptive research design was used. Subjects and Method: Sample: This study included all nurses' and nursing supervisors. Setting: the study was conducted in hematology unit, blood transfusion center, pediatric intensive care unit and emergency unit at Assiut University Children Hospital. Subjects: the study consisted of 70 pediatric nurses (No=70). Tools: A structured observational check-list was used by the researchers to assess nurses' performance about care of children receiving blood transfusion. Re-auditing was performed after giving guidelines to all study research. Results: the majority of nurses had unsatisfactory level of performance before giving brochure and had satisfactory performance level during re-auditing. Conclusion: Auditing nursing care for children receiving blood transfusion was revealed improved nurses' performance after distribution the designed nursing brochure. Recommendation: application of Job Training programs on regular basis suggested improving and updating nurses' performance related to blood transfusion among children. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Auditing; Nurses' Performance; children; Blood & Blood transfusion | ||||
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