2012, Number 3
Administración oportuna de la nutrición parenteral por el personal de Enfermería en el Hospital Juárez de México
Flores-Romero MJ, Pérez-Cruz E, Sánchez-Hernández C, Juárez-Vargas R
Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 140-145
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ABSTRACT
Introduction. Delay parenteral nutrition ministration contributes to failure in the patient’s therapeutic goals. Objective. To identify the causes in the delay in parenteral nutrition ministration by nursing. Materials and methods. Exploratory, observational and analytical study. A self-administered questionnaire was applied to nursing of General Surgery and Oncology at the Hospital Juárez de México. The first part included socio-demographic information and the seconds on knowledge, care an attitude in the management of patients with parenteral nutrition. Date are presented with statistical descriptive and data analysis was performed with Microsoft Office Excel 2007. Results. In total 50 participants with age median 34.5 ± 8 years. 86% was female and 14% male. Time of working was in range 1 to 37 years. 58% refers have sufficient time during the working day for make the activities and nursing care. 50% have wrong concept of parenteral nutrition and its implications for patient treatment. 94% identified the care that must be followed in patients with parenteral nutrition. The causes referred delays are the workload secondary to absence nursing staff and the inadequate equipment and materials. Conclusions. The main reason identified was the workload. However, the nursing unknown the potential deleterious effects during the ministration on parenteral nutrition.REFERENCES