Evaluation of hospital nurses' perceived knowledge and practices of venous thromboembolism assessment and prevention

Effect of Nursing Care Standards for Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis among Patients Undergoing Hip Surgery on Nurses' Performance and Patients' Outcome

“…The study result is in the same line with the study conducted by [14] about "knowledge, attitude and practices of health care providers towards DVT prophylaxis in five teaching hospitals of Rawalpindi" and reported that the knowledge of health care providers about DVT prophylaxis were less than adequate. As well as these findings agreed with the study conducted by [15] about "evaluation of hospital nurses perceived knowledge and practices of VTE assessment and prevention" and indicated that there were lack of nurses' knowledge and recommended that a substantial need for focused education about VTE prevention for hospital nurses and support for hospital to monitor VTE care.…”

Clinical nurses’ knowledge and practice of venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prevention in South Korea: a cross‐sectional survey

“…This is relatively low compared to previous studies in which approximately 29% of clinical nurses in the USA rated their VTE knowledge as fair or poor (Lee et al . ). This may be related to the low level of in‐service continuous education in Korea regarding VTE risk assessment and prevention.…”

“…2008, Lee et al . ). The literature shows the importance of registered nurses’ (RNs) perception of and dedication to VTE prevention, but there has been little research on the extent to which RNs are prepared to assess and prevent VTE in clinical settings (Beck , Duff et al .…”

“…, Lee et al . ). A recent survey demonstrated that approximately 70% of clinical nurses had a good or fair level of knowledge about VTE risk assessment but were not confident enough to perform the assessment themselves (Lee et al .…”

“…A recent survey demonstrated that approximately 70% of clinical nurses had a good or fair level of knowledge about VTE risk assessment but were not confident enough to perform the assessment themselves (Lee et al . ). A study investigating DVT‐related knowledge and compliance among RNs in Korea reported that 64·8% had accurate knowledge (Choi & Min ).…”