A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING VENOUS BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION AMONG STUDENT NURSES

Mrs. Rupinder Kaur

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING VENOUS BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION AMONG STUDENT NURSES

Mrs. Rupinder Kaur

Abstract :

Introduction

Blood analysis is one of the most important tool available to clinicians with in health care. Many people consider having blood test a simple procedure, but don‘t understand what take place behind it, when the blood is drawn and when the doctor makes a diagnosis¹.

Blood test is a vital part of diagnostic process, helping physician to make the correct diagnosis and determine appropriate course of treatment. So it’s very important to have adequate knowledge, and correct practice of specimen collection, as it is the prior step undertaken to make the diagnosis for further treatment².

Accuracy of diagnosis is essential for safe patient care. Providing for the safety of the healthcare worker may also hinge upon accurate diagnosis and rapid response. So it is very important to collect, handle and transport the collected specimen correctly and thus it depends upon the knowledge regarding blood specimen collection accurately³.

Method:Quantitative research approach was adopted to assess the knowledge regarding venous blood specimen collection among student nurses studying in B.Sc. Nursing 2^nd yr at Army College Of Nursing Jalandhar Cantt

Sample size: 40.

Sampling technique: Convenient sampling techniquewas used to collect the sample.

Results: Total 40 samples were taken for the study, out of which 15% were had good knowledge, whereas 85% had above average knowledge,while none had fall in below average knowledge.

Conclusion

The study showed that the students had gained knowledge from self structured teaching program related to venous blood specimen collection and the knowledge level was raised.