[Knowledge analysis and evaluation of a training program for caregivers on drugs used in liver transplantation]

Six years apart, we studied the knowledge of nurses and nursing assistants (NAs) working in a liver transplant department regarding immunosuppressive and anti-infective drugs in this discipline.

For 2019, we report the initial and acquired knowledge of 63 nurses and 34 NAs. The training began and ended with the same 13-question questionnaire. Given the turnover of caregivers, six years later, in 2025, we reassessed the level of knowledge using 17 questions.

In 2019, before the training, for 12 questions, the percentage of participants who gave a correct answer was less than 50%, and for 9 questions, it was less than 30%. After the training, the percentage of correct answers was greater than 75% for 11 questions and greater than 90% for 8 questions. In 2025, twenty-seven nurses and nine ANs participated in this mapping exercise. For nine questions, the percentage of participants who provided a correct answer was less than 50%, and for seven questions, it was less than 30%. Regarding the distribution of scores obtained out of 17 questions, the highest score obtained by one nurse and one AN was 16 and 9, respectively. The lowest score obtained by one nurse and one NA was 4 and 2, respectively.

Nurses and NAs working in a transplant department should receive training on medications specific to this discipline.