%0 Journal Article %T Nivel de conocimientos y pr¨¢ctica adquiridos durante un curso-taller de terapia intravenosa %A Resendiz Guti¨¦rrez %A M.G. %A Mu£¿oz Torres %A T. de J. %J Enfermer¨ªa Global %D 2012 %I Universidad de Murcia %R 10.4321/S1695-61412012000200015 %X aim: to analyse the level of knowledge acquired during the development of a workshop on intravenous therapy and its relation to the practical application of the procedure. material and methods: quasi-experimental, descriptive, transversal study applied to 30 operational nurses who worked in the services where this technique is carried ou. for evaluation a questionnaire and a structured guide of observation was used, which was applied on 3 occasions. the statistical analysis was performed in excel and spss, using descriptive analysis. results: 63.3% of nursing professional obtained a mean level of knowledge, with regard to maintenance and prevention of complications, thee was a high level, 83.8%. conclusion: this study identifies that the constant preparation of nurses through the implementation of workshops increases positively management knowledge and practice but especially guarantees the user a lower risk and higher quality attention. %K intravenous therapy %K knowledge %K practice. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1695-61412012000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en