Thromboprophylaxis Knowledge and Practices of Intensive Care Nurses: Practice and Experiences After Covid 19

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 370 - 375, 01.07.2023

Nilgün Erdoğan , Hümeyra Yüksel , Dilek Talhaoğlu , Özlem Ceyhan

https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.1262487

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the knowledge and practices of nurses working in the intensive care unit regarding thromboprophylaxis practices during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was conducted with 117 nurse intensive care nurses who agreed to participate in the research. In the study, data were collected by using the "Nurse Information Form" and “Evaluation Form of Knowledge and Practice Experiences on Venous Thromboembolism" via Google questionnaire. Ethics committee approval and approval were obtained from the participants before the study. As a result of the study, it was determined that the majority of the nurses (62.4%) did not receive in-service training on thromboprophylaxis, but 70.1% stated that their knowledge about venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment was good. Moreover, it was determined that 61.5% of the nurses experienced VTE in patients with a diagnosis of Covid-19 in their clinics, 30.6% of them had DVT, 68.1% had a pulmonary embolism, 62.52% had a cardiac embolism and 31.9% had neurological events. As a result of this study, it can be suggested that intensive care nurses should improve their knowledge level with in-service training on VTE, and that patient care should be handled more carefully in terms of VTE in pandemics with physiological effects like Covid-19.

Keywords

Intensive care unit, Thrombophylaxis, Covid-19, Nurse

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