Assessment of nurse's knowledge about the impact of heparin on patients with renal dialysis in prince sultan, and diaverum health center

Abstract EN

Background: Heparin is often used to prevent blood clotting in the treatment of some of the medical conditions.

One hurdle a registered nurse faces while caring for patients undergoing dialysis is keeping up with the latest research.

One hurdle a registered nurse faces while caring for patients undergoing dialysis is keeping up with the latest research.

And students perform poorly on medications, have poor retention of pharmaceutical knowledge, and have difficulty using their knowledge in clinical settings.

Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study is to assess the nurses' knowledge about the use of heparin in dialysis patients in Prince Sultan, and Diaverum Health Center in the dialysis center the kidneys; and to determine if there is an association between the chosen variables and the nurse's knowledge.

Methodology: Used descriptive sectional research.

Data were collected by means of an online questionnaire after applying all ethical considerations to conduct this study.

The data were analyzed by a statistical program (SPSS).

Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, mean, standard deviation, percentages, Cronbach's alpha analysis, and correlation were used.

Results: Among the 61 respondents, the vast majority were female nurses, under the age of 40 years, and the vast majority of them obtained a university education.

Half of the nurses had an experience of fewer than five years, and the sample studied represented their nursing experience between 5-10 years.

And nearly half of the nurses received less than two training courses in dialysis.

There is an acceptable level of nurses' knowledge of heparin and the significance of heparin and its side effects.

Furthermore, there was no statistical association between knowledge of heparin, years of nursing experience, years of nursing experience, years of renal nursing experience, and the number of courses performed in clinical dialysis.

Knowledge also increases with theincrease of these variables.

Finally, there is a positive, statistically significant correlation between the knowledge of the side effects of heparin use and the number of training courses that have been conducted in the clinical setting.

Conclusion: The current study concluded that there is an acceptable level of nurses' knowledge of heparin and the significance of heparin and its side effects.

But this knowledge is not considered sufficient for renal nursing practice and needs to be refined.

Based on the results of the current study, it was recommended to conduct in- service education and training programs for nurses working in the renal unit on the administration of heparin to renal patients.