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Primary Health Care Nurses’ Self-Perception of Theoretical Knowledges and Practical Skills in Life-Threatening Emergencies: A Cross-Sectional Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2019

José Antonio Cernuda Martínez Open the ORCID record for José Antonio Cernuda Martínez [Opens in a new window] ,
Rafael Castro Delgado Open the ORCID record for Rafael Castro Delgado [Opens in a new window] ,
Tatiana Cuartas Álvarez  and
Pedro Arcos González
José Antonio Cernuda Martínez*
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain
Rafael Castro Delgado
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain
Tatiana Cuartas Álvarez
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain
Pedro Arcos González
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain
*
Correspondence: José Antonio Cernuda Martínez, PhD Emergency and Disaster Research Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 7th Floor, Campus del Cristo 33006 Oviedo, Spain E-mail: jacernudam@gmail.com
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Abstract

Background:

Within out-of-hospital emergencies, primary health care (PHC) nurses must face life-threatening emergencies (LTEs), which are defined as “a situation associated with an imminent life risk that entails the start-up of resources and special means to resolve the situation.”

Objectives:

The objectives of this study were to know the training received for out-of-hospital LTEs by PHC nurses of Asturias, Spain and the perception they have about their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a series of emergency procedures or techniques used in LTE emergencies; as well as to analyze the differences according to the geographical area of their work.

Design:

Cross-sectional, descriptive, and observational study was conducted in 2018 of a sample of PHC service nurses of Asturias, Spain.

Methods:

A total of 236 nurses from PHC service centers of Asturias, Spain, from among the total of 730 nurses who make up the staff of nurses of the PHC service of Asturias, between April and May 2018, were surveyed. The survey was designed ad hoc using the Doctrinal Body of Emergency Nursing (DBEN) proposed by the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES; Madrid, Spain), which indicates the theoretical and practical procedures that must be acquired by the PHC nurses. It is composed of 37 procedures or techniques employed in LTEs using an 11-point Likert scale rating to detect their self-perception about theoretical knowledge and practical skills from zero (“Minimum”) to ten (“Maximum”).

Results:

There were significant differences in the mean of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in many procedures or techniques studied, depending on the different areas of work.

Conclusions:

All PHC nurses must be perfectly trained to provide initial quality assistance to the LTE, with both theoretical and practical knowledge of the different techniques, so that it can continue to be attended by the corresponding Emergency Service.

Keywords

emergenciesknowledgenursesprimary health care
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 376 - 384
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2019 

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