Blood donation: knowledge, practice and the attitude of nursing students of an institution in the interior of Ceará

• Autor(a) principal: Freire, Ana Claudia de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Vasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50238
• topic: Donadores de Sangre; Conocimiento; Estudantes de Enfermería; Doadores de Sangue; Conhecimento; Estudantes de Enfermagem; Blood Donnors; Knowledge; Students; Nursing

This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, practice and attitude of nursing students on the process of donating blood. This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, performed in a private institution of higher education located in the municipality of Ceará-Quixadá. Participants were 232 undergraduate students of nursing. Data collection took place in 2011 using a questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using the Epilnfo. The study was approved by the Ethics in Research Committee of the Queen's Hinterland Catholic University. Most students were female (81.0%); the mean age was 22.3 years; 36.2% were between the first and third semesters; 65.5% knew their blood type, and only 17.2% of the students were blood donors. The main reason cited for their donation was free will (85%). In relation to knowledge, in general, the results showed gaps among the students on various aspects of the process of donating blood. Thus, one sees the need to bring the approach to this theme into the higher education institutions in order to improve the knowledge of academicianss about the subject.