Assess Nurse's practice toward venous thrombosis at Al Sharqat General hospital Assess Nurse's practice toward venous thrombosis at Al Sharqat General hospital
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Pulmonary embolus A blood clot that has broken loose and moved to the lungs, whereas deep vein thrombosis is the name given to a blood clot that is lodged in a deep vein. The most frequent cause of high mortality and morbidity among avoidable illnesses worldwide is thrombotic disorders. Aim of the study : was to assess nurse's practice toward venous thrombosis at AL-Sharqat General Hospital and relationship between practice and their demographic data. Methods: a descriptive study is conducted for the periods of 10th November 2023 to 1ed May 2024. This study was conducted at Al-Sharqat General Hospital in critical care unit ,emergency department and surgical department . A purposive sample (non-probability) consisting of (25) nurses was selected from nurses who work in the critical care units, emergency department and surgical department. Results : The majority of participants, or more than half, were female nurses, according to the results, Over half of the participants were Nursing Institute graduates with 1-5 years of experience who had not attended training courses. Results show that nurses practice related to venous thrombosis was poor to moderate and there were no significant relationship between nurse's practice and their demographic data at P-value >0.05 .Conclusion: Nurses working in the surgical department, emergency units, and critical care units had poor practice regarding venous thrombosis because their education level was low and they had not attended training courses .Recommendation: This study recommended that nurses be required to attend in-service training courses and to raise awareness in order to improve their practices in treating venous thrombosis.
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