Yoğun Bakım Hemşirelerinin Sepsis Bilgi ve Farkındalık Düzeyi: Çok Merkezli Çalışma

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 256 - 265, 25.03.2026

Öznur Erbay Dallı , Seda Pehlivan , Halil Erkan Sayan , Rabia Gülnur Yılmazer Serbes , Beyza Nur Kahraman Kızılcaoluk

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1536333

https://izlik.org/JA58FJ36ZF

Öz

Amaç: Sepsis, yoğun bakım ünitelerinde (YBÜ) görülen en yaygın komplikasyonlardan biridir. Hemşirelerin YBÜ’lerde sepsisin erken tespit edebilmesi ve uygun şekilde yönetebilmesi için yeterli bilgiye sahip olması önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, YBÜ hemşirelerinin sepsis bilgisi ve farkındalığını güncel sepsis bakım paketi önerileri çerçevesinde değerlendirmektir.
Yöntem: Bu çok merkezli kesitsel araştırma, Türkiye’deki üç kamu hastanesinin erişkin YBÜ’lerinde çalışan ve en az bir yıl deneyimi olan 275 hemşire ile Haziran 2023-Aralık 2023 tarihleri arasında yürütüldü. Araştırmanın verileri, Hemşire Tanıtım Formu ve Sepsis Bilgi ve Farkındalık Anketi ile toplandı.
Bulgular: Sepsis hastalarını tanıma ve yönetme konusunda YBÜ hemşirelerin özgüvenleri 16.19±5.25 puan olarak saptandı. Hemşirelerin sepsise yönelik bilgi testine göre doğru cevap ortalama puanı 9.40±1.97 olarak bulundu. En düşük doğru cevap verilen sorular sepsis erken belirtileri (%8.3), sepsis biyobelirteci (%9.8) ve septik şok tedavisinin değerlendirilmesi (%47.3) olarak sıralandı. Sepsis bilgisi, daha fazla deneyime sahip hemşireler arasında anlamlı olarak daha yüksek saptandı (p=0,044).
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, YBÜ hemşirelerinin sepsisi tanıma ve yönetimine ilişkin bilgilerinde eksik olduğu yönleri vurgulamıştır. Sağlık kurumlarının ve YBÜ hemşireliği ile ilgili derneklerin sepsis ile ilgili tekrarlı eğitimler sağlamasına ve içeriğinde güncel kanıta dayalı bilgi ve uygulamalara yer vermesine ihtiyaç vardır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

sepsis , yoğun bakım , hemşirelik

Etik Beyan

Araştırmanın yapılabilmesi için Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Araştırma ve Yayın Etik Kurulu’ndan onay (Karar no: 2023-04/05) ve hastane yönetimlerinden gerekli izinler alındı.

Destekleyen Kurum

Yoktur.

Teşekkür

Çalışmaya katkı veren tüm hemşirelere teşekkür ederiz.

Level of Sepsis Knowledge and Awareness of Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Multicenter Study

https://izlik.org/JA58FJ36ZF

Öz

Objective: Sepsis is one of the most common complications in intensive care units (ICUs). It is important that nurses have sufficient knowledge to recognize sepsis early and manage it appropriately in the ICU. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sepsis knowledge and awareness of ICU nurses in the context of current sepsis care bundle recommendations.
Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2023 and December 2023 with 275 nurses with at least one year of experience working in adult ICUs of three public hospitals in Türkiye. Data were collected with the Nurse Introduction Form and Sepsis Knowledge and Awareness Questionnaire.
Results: The self-confidence of ICU nurses in recognizing and managing sepsis patients was 16.19±5.25 points. According to the sepsis knowledge test, the mean score of correct answers was 9.40±1.97. The questions with the lowest correct answers were early signs of sepsis (8.3%), sepsis biomarkers (9.8%) and evaluation of septic shock treatment (47.3%). Sepsis knowledge was significantly higher among nurses with more experience (p=0.044).
Conclusion: This study highlighted the deficiencies in ICU nurses' knowledge regarding sepsis recognition and management. There is a need for health institutions and associations related to ICU nursing to provide repeated trainings on sepsis and include up-to-date evidence-based information and practices in their content.

Anahtar Kelimeler

sepsis , intensive care , nursing

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