AKPINAR, Reva Balcı Atatürk Üniversitesi - Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, TURKEY , POLAT, Hilal Türkben Harput Devlet Hastanesi, TURKEY , YAMAN, Seyhan Fırat Üniversitesi - Sağlık Yüksekokulu, TURKEY , Özer, Nadiye Atatürk Üniversitesi - Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Turkey

The Precautions Taken by the Nurses to Prevent the Bruise Haematoma and Pain Associated with Subcutaneous Heparin

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The bruise, haematoma and pain developed around the injection area due to the application of subcutaneous heparin limits the areas to be used in the later injections, it causes the patients to feel anxiety, to reject the therapy and it leads to ruin the body image and to lessen the confidence relationship between the nurse and the patient. This research was made to determine the precautions taken by the nurses to remove or to lessen the haematoma and the occurrence of the pain developed in the injections areas due to application of heparin thorough the subcutaneous ways. Fifty nurses were taken to this descriptive research. While the nurses were performing the subcutaneous heparin, it was observed by the researcher. It was found out that 54.0% of the nurses preferred the upper arm and 50.0% selected previous injection area, 36.0% made aspiration for the blood control, 78.0% applied the airlock technique, 48.0% injected the medicine into the tissue in 2-4 seconds, 6.0% supported the tissue with the dry cotton while pulling back the needle. None of the nurses made cold application before and after any performance.

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Nursing , Level of Organizational Citizenship , validity , reliability , scale adaptation.

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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