Reliability and validity of a new questionnaire for the assessment of nursing skills and knowledge in relation to transfusion therapy

*Veronika Rajki^1,2, Mária Csóka¹, Tibor Deutsch³, Judit Mèszáros⁴

Summary
Introduction. All medical staff members involved in transfusion therapy, have professional-, legal- and ethical responsibility for their own actions.
Aim. This paper aims at reviewing nursing competencies assessing nurses’ knowledge about transfusion therapy regulations and how it is reflected in their daily practice.
Material and methods. In the observational, cross-sectional, descriptive pilot study data was collected using questionnaire and interview method. Reliability and validity of the self-made questionnaire were characterized by Cronbach’s alpha- and Pearson correlation coefficients, respectively.
Results. The level of the nurses’ overall knowledge related to the current transfusion regulations was almost 90%, and 56.2% of nurses systematized the nursing functions correctly. Significant differences were found between the institutions in the practice of transfusion therapy and practice as well as in the use of relevant documentation. 75% of the institutions have their own transfusion protocol, and assigned nurses responsible for transfusion care work in more than fifth of the wards.
Conclusions. The developed survey tool may be useful for nursing teachers and nursing leaders to discover gaps between knowledge and decision-making skills, to deal with these problems Nursing aspects of transfusion therapy should be more carefully supervised by nursing leaders along with raising the colleagues’ professional responsibility.

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