Impact of a training activity on emergency nurses’ knowledge about Sepsis Fast Track (Via Verde Sepse)*

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Keywords:

Knowledge, Education, Continuing, Emergency Service, Hospital, Nurses, Sepsis

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the impact of a training activity on the development of nurses’ knowledge about Sepsis Fast Track (Via Verde Sepse) in the approach to critically ill patients.

Method: This was a quasi-experimental, within-group, quantitative study conducted with 61 nurses from an emergency service in northern Portugal. A questionnaire was administered before and after a training activity between November 2024 and February 2025. Efficacy was analyzed using a paired t-test.

Results: The mean score increased from 61.27 ± 17.18 to 85.76 ± 11.36 after the intervention (t = –11.242; p < 0.001), respectively. A reduction in very poor/poor knowledge levels and an increase in the very good level were observed, which went from 1.6% to 42.6% of participants.

Conclusion: The training activity had a positive and statistically significant impact by strengthening nurses’ knowledge and promoting the early recognition of sepsis.

Author Biographies

Rita Pinto Basto, Local Health Unit of Tâmega e Sousa, Amarante, Portugal.

Nurse. Master's degree in Nursing. Nurse at the Local Health Unit of Tâmega e Sousa, Amarante, Portugal.

Prof., Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.

Nurse. PhD in Social Gerontology. Lecturer at the Bragança School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.

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