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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Volume  6, Issue 2, May-Aug 2017, Pages 57-61
 

Original Article

A Comparative Study to Assess Knowledge and Practice of Allen’s Test to Perform Arterial Sampling among the Second Year and Third Year B.Sc Nursing Students at MINS College of Nursing Latur

Kumarasamy A.P.*, Chinnasamy Azhagesan*, B. Venkatesan*, Jayavelmani*, Padmavathi R.*

*Tutor/Clinical Instructor, Nursing College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), Bhopal–462020, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.6217.2

Abstract

Nurse has the responsibility of practicing prior before doing the procedure Phlebotomy is the common procedure an incision or puncture to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis so it is very important to protect the vein/artery to normal functioning. The Allen test is a worldwide used test to determine whether the patency of the radial or ulnar artery is normal. It is performed prior to radial Cannulations or catheterization or obtains arterial blood sampling because placement of such a catheter often results in thrombosis. Therefore the test is used to reduce the risk of ischemia to the hand. This study was done to comparative study to assess the knowledge and practice regarding allen’s test among II and III year B.Sc Nursing student a quantitate descriptive method used to collect the sample from II year 30 subjects were selected and III year Basic B.Sc Nursing by using convenient sampling technique. The results shows that half of the II year students 15 (50%) of them had inadequate knowledge, 8 are them adequate knowledge (26.6%), Mean score 16.2, and Standard deviation of 2.73. Regarding III year students majority of them 14 (47%) of them adequate knowledge 9 (30%) of them had inadequate knowledge mean score of 20.1 SD of 3.4. t value 4.89 (p<0.001). The study result shows that there is significant different in knowledge & practice between II and III year students (p<0.001). So it shows that hypothesis (H1) was accepted.

Keywords: Allen’s Test; Procedure Phlebotomy; Diagnosis. 


Corresponding Author : A.P. Kumarasamy, Tutor/Clinical Instructor, Nursing College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), Bhopal-462020, Madhya Pradesh, India.