The knowledge of nursing students about hypodermochclise in the elderly

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of nursing students about the use of hypodermoclisis in the elderly. Method: This is a quantitative-descriptive research carried out with 119 nursing students who have already studied or are attending the course with a Management Technique I and II approach, using a semi-structured self-administered interview in the context of a private university located in the city of Salvador, Bahia, in the months of September and October 2016. Results: 71 respondents did not know the technique, most of whom were not transferred from another institution and did not have any technical training.