The investigation on current status of ICU nurse about knowledge and practice on venous thromboembolism in Guizhou province / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To know about current statusof ICU nurses about knowledge and practice on venous thromboembolism(VTE) in Guizhou province.Methods A total of 321 ICU nurses were interviewed by self-designed questionnaires to analyses the related factors of the score of the related knowledge and practice on VTE.Results The score of the VTE related knowledge was (17.070±4.340)point and the score of the practice was (62.410±14.640)point respectively.The score of the practice on VTE was positively related to that of ICU nurses knowledge (P＜0.05).The result of multiple linear stepwise regression analysis showed that "departments" and "had the VTE related knowledge in school" were the significant factors on knowledge (P＜0.05)."Active learning the VTE related knowledge" " the levels of hospitals" and "had the VTE related knowledge in school" were the significant factors on the scores of the practice on VTE (P＜0.05).Conclusion The ICU nurses had better knowledge about VTE,and the current status of practice on VTE was ideal in Guizhou province,but further research is needed to make unified and normative processes of VTE preventive interventions.