Interpretation of nursing care and the protocol to be followed in the administration of blood products

Abstract

Introduction:  The administration of blood products becomes an advantageous tool in the treatment of coagulopathy and serves as a transfusion guide in patients with liver disease requiring transplantation, to reduce the administration of blood products and improve post-transplant results.

Objective: Interpret Nursing care and the protocol to follow in the administration of blood products.

Methods: Exploratory reflection study, carried out in 2022, supported by hermeneutics to interpret the bibliographic review carried out in the SciELO, Medigraphic and PubMed-MEDLINE databases, 54 articles were identified and 15 that met the criteria were included. selection, be full text, published between 2018 and 2022, in Spanish, English or Portuguese, which include the three levels of care, content analysis was performed to interpret the data.

Results: A complete document was not found that supported Nursing care in the administration of blood products, for which reason they were taken from different bibliographic sources. Nor was a national and international consensus on this care identified.

Conclusions: The administration of blood products is a procedure carried out by nurses and requires responsibility, meticulous attention to the person and correct application of protocols to prevent complications. It was evidenced that the nurse plays a fundamental role in the administration of blood products since she spends more time with the patient.