Pediatric Drug Dose Calculation Knowledge and Skills of Nurses Working in the Pediatrics Clinic

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 40 Sayı: 3, 387 - 394, 18.12.2024

Aylin Kurt , Fatma Dinç , Musa Özsavran

https://doi.org/10.53490/egehemsire.1340625

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Pediatric Drug Dose Calculation Skills of Nurses Working in the Pediatrics Clinic
ABSTRACT
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of pediatric nurses on pediatric drug dose calculations.
Methods: The research was carried out descriptively and cross-sectionally between 27 December 2022 and 10 June 2023. The population of the study consisted of 298 nurses working in the pediatric clinics of three hospitals in a province in the western Black Sea region of Turkey at the same time, and the sample consisted of 274 nurses. The data were collected by face-to-face interview method using the “Personal Information Form” and the “Pediatric Drug Dose Calculation Skills Questionnaire” developed by the researchers in line with the literature.
Results: 70.4% of the pediatric nurses gave the correct answer to the question of knowledge and skill in milliliters/kneema, 78.1% of them gave the correct answer to the question of knowledge and skill about the number of drops, and 71.9% of them gave the correct answer to the question of knowledge and skill of dry powder volume. 63.9% of pediatric nurses answered correctly to the question of knowledge and skill on the safe dose range, 83.2% of them correctly answered the question of knowledge and skill of the correct dose for suspension drugs, and 69.0% of them answered correctly for intravenous drugs.
Conclusion: It is thought that it would be beneficial to increase the trainings covering the mathematical and dose calculation skills of pediatric nurses.
KeyWords: Child; drug dosage calculations; pediatric nursing.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Child, drug dosage calculations, pediatric nursing

Pediatri Kliniğinde Çalışan Hemşirelerin Pediatrik İlaç Doz Hesaplama Bilgi ve Becerileri

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Pediatri Kliniğinde Çalışan Hemşirelerin Pediatrik İlaç Doz Hesaplama Becerileri
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Amaç: Bu araştırma pediatri hemşirelerinin pediatrik ilaç doz hesaplamalarına ilişkin bilgilerini değerlendirmek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Araştırma 27 Aralık 2022-10 Haziran 2023 tarihleri arasında tanımlayıcı-kesitsel olarak gerçekleştirildi. Araştırmanın evrenini aynı tarihlerde Türkiye’nin Batı Karadeniz bölgesinde bir ilde bulunan üç hastanenin pediatri kliniklerinde görev yapan 298 hemşire, örneklemini ise 274 hemşire oluşturdu. Veriler “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve araştırmacılar tarafından literatür doğrultusunda geliştirilen “Pediatrik İlaç Dozu Hesaplama Becerileri Anketi” ile yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplandı.
Bulgular: Pediatri hemşirelerinin %70.4’ü mililitre/dizyem bilgi ve beceri sorusuna doğru, %78.1’i damla sayısı bilgi ve beceri sorusuna doğru, %71.9’u ise kuru toz hacmi bilgi ve beceri sorusuna ise doğru cevap vermiştir. Güvenli doz aralığı bilgi ve beceri sorusuna pediatri hemşirelerinin %63.9’u doğru, süspansiyon ilaçlar için doğru doz bilgi ve beceri sorusuna %83.2’si doğru ve intravenöz ilaçlar için ise %69.0’ı doğru cevap vermiştir.
Sonuç: Pediatri hemşirelerinin matematiksel ve doz hesaplama becerilerini kapsayan eğitimlerin arttırılmasının yararlı olacağı düşünülmektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Çocuk; ilaç doz hesaplamaları; çocuk hemşireliği.
Destekleyen kurumlar: Yoktur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çocuk, ilaç doz hesaplamaları, çocuk hemşireliği

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