The effectiveness and satisfaction on sticker for administering intravenous fluids

Abstract

Abstract

                The purposes of this descriptive study were to assess the effectiveness and satisfaction of the nursing students and register nurses at the surgical unit towards using a sticker for administering intravenous fluids. The study was divided into two-part: 1) development an innovative drip adjustment of intravenous fluid 2) evaluation of satisfaction towards using this innovation by 8 categories: 1) stable and durable 2) size and suitability of an innovation 3) easy to use-not complicated 4) convenience 5) safety 6) economic and cost-effective 7) nursing benefits and 8) practical to apply. Data were collected from July to September. Data were analyzed using frequency and percentage. The qualitative data, collected via opened-ended questions were analyzed using content analysis.

                The results revealed that: the overall satisfaction scores of the participants towards using the innovation were at a high level yielding a number of 97 per cent. For each item, it was found that the item on “size and suitability of innovation” and “safety” had equal number of 100 per cent, and the item on “practical to apply” had 98.5 per cent. The qualitative data addressed that the innovation enables the accuracy on determining the fluid flow rate, shorten the time of fluid adjustment, and increase the duration on preforming other nursing activities effectively.