Knowledge and practices of nurses on deep vein thrombosis risks and prophylaxis: A descriptive cross sectional study

The aim of the present study was to determine the knowledge and practices of deep vein thrombosis risks and prophylaxis among nurses and to investigate the relation between descriptive characteristics and knowledge and practices of nurses. This descriptive study was conducted with the registered nurses who currently work in a university hospital of Northern Cyprus. Total 165 voluntary nurses composed the sample of the study. A questionnaire prepared by the researchers on the basis of the literature was used as the data collection tool in this study.
Source: Journal of Vascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research