Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education?
Phlebotomy is a neglected and ignored area within the health services. Optimal blood sample procedure is essential for diagnosis and treatment. An ever increasing number of nurses are imposed the job of taking blood samples. The purpose of this project has been to gain knowledge about blood sampling...
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| author | Astrid-Mette Husøy Kristine Lorgen Turid Aarhus Braseth Irene Nygård |
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| description | Phlebotomy is a neglected and ignored area within the health services. Optimal blood sample procedure is essential for diagnosis and treatment. An ever increasing number of nurses are imposed the job of taking blood samples. The purpose of this project has been to gain knowledge about blood sampling procedures, practical training and point of care testing (POCT) received by nursing students and, in addition, their attitude to these activities. The goal was to uncover a possible need for a better training procedure.
Three different university colleges participated in a questionnaire-based study attended by 202 2nd and 3rd year nursing students. The subject matter was training, experience and attitude towards phlebotomy and POCT. The questionnaire had both open and closed alternative answers.
The nursing students described unstructured training in taking blood samples and POCT. The training appeared coincidental without learning goals, leaving the students feeling they had insufficient competence. The project also shows that many nursing students look upon venous blood collection as a natural part of their professional activity when working in a nursing home, especially because it is more convenient for the patient and the institution.
To avoid incorrect analysis results, resulting in unnecessary examinations and delay in treatment, the competence of the nurses should be upgraded. The nursing curriculum needs be improved according to blood collection standards and POCT when carried out by nurses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0dd784534a014c4cb3fbb4aa1133b2b52022-12-22T02:43:25ZdanNITO - Bioingeniørfaglig instituttBioingeniøren0801-68281890-18752008-12-014312610Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education?Astrid-Mette Husøy0Kristine Lorgen1Turid Aarhus Braseth2Irene Nygård3Haukeland universitetssykehusHøgskolen i BergenHøgskolen i BergenHøgskolen i Bergen Phlebotomy is a neglected and ignored area within the health services. Optimal blood sample procedure is essential for diagnosis and treatment. An ever increasing number of nurses are imposed the job of taking blood samples. The purpose of this project has been to gain knowledge about blood sampling procedures, practical training and point of care testing (POCT) received by nursing students and, in addition, their attitude to these activities. The goal was to uncover a possible need for a better training procedure. Three different university colleges participated in a questionnaire-based study attended by 202 2nd and 3rd year nursing students. The subject matter was training, experience and attitude towards phlebotomy and POCT. The questionnaire had both open and closed alternative answers. The nursing students described unstructured training in taking blood samples and POCT. The training appeared coincidental without learning goals, leaving the students feeling they had insufficient competence. The project also shows that many nursing students look upon venous blood collection as a natural part of their professional activity when working in a nursing home, especially because it is more convenient for the patient and the institution. To avoid incorrect analysis results, resulting in unnecessary examinations and delay in treatment, the competence of the nurses should be upgraded. The nursing curriculum needs be improved according to blood collection standards and POCT when carried out by nurses.https://bioingenioren.no/fag/fag-originalartikkel/blodprovetaking-og-pasientnar-analysering-hvilken-kompetanse-oppnar-sykepleierstudentene-gjennom-sin-utdanning/blood collectionnursing studentsqualitypoctpreanalytical errors |
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| title | Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education? |
| title_full | Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education? |
| title_fullStr | Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education? |
| title_short | Blood sampling and point of care testing: What competence do the nursing students achieve through their education? |
| title_sort | blood sampling and point of care testing what competence do the nursing students achieve through their education |
| topic | blood collection nursing students quality poct preanalytical errors |
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