Evaluation of nurses working in surgical units awareness of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia before and after training

The research was carried out in order to raise awareness of inadvertend perioperative hypothermia in the nurses working in Tekirdag Namik Kemal University Health Research and Application Center. The population of the study consisted of 260 surgical nurses working in the Health Application and Research Center and sample population of 200 surgical nurses. The data were obtained by face-to-face interview method by ''Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia Evaluation Form "prepared by the researchers between 1 February and 1 May 2019. Kolmogorov Smirneov test and Box Plot graphics were used for data distribution. Oneway Anova test and post-hoc Bonferroni test were used in the evaluation of the variables that normally distributed. Kolmogorov Smirnov test, post-hoc Dunn test; Friedman test and Wilcoxon signed Rank test with bonferroni correction were used in the in-group evaluations. Statistical significance was evaluated as p<0,05.Mean score of inadvertend perioperative hypothermia calculated on a total of 41 questions of nurses, 61,77 ± 13,32 before training, 82,76 ± 10,16 after training and 77,56 ± 11,78 after 3 months of training. According to pre-education; 3 months after training and after training increase in mean scores was statistically significant (p <0,05). Research findings revealed that nurses' inadvertent perioperative hypothermia awareness increased immediately after training and 3 months after the training. It is recommended to perform in-service trainings on perioperative hypothermia at regular intervals, to establish standards on IPH prevention methods and to expand working with different hospital groups. Key Words: Inadvertent hypothermia, Perioperative hypothermia, Surgical nurse, Normothermia