Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge and experience in infusion therapy and peripheral vascular acces - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge and experience in infusion therapy and peripheral vascular acces

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to analyze the knowledge and experience of undergraduate nursing students regarding infusion therapy and peripheral vascular access.

Methods:

descriptive, cross-sectional, analytical study with 123 undergraduate nursing students who answered a semi-structured instrument.

Results:

the majority were women, with a median age of 51 years old; 87% considered the teaching received insufficient to perform in clinical practice. The mean overall knowledge score was 78.1 (SD± 8.97). The themes catheter flushing and lock (38.1%), catheter selection (34.2%), infusion equipment (30.9%) and insertion site (30.9%) presented a significant number of errors.

Conclusions:

practical classes and execution of procedures in health services were predictors for a better knowledge about infusion therapy and vascular access by undergraduate nursing students.

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