Background: Patient education for the use and administration of aspirin (ASA) as an anticoagulant may be deficient.
Purpose: To pilot a knowledge assessment tool regarding the use of aspirin (ASA) as an anticoagulant and to evaluate the impact of a focused approach for discharge teaching.
Design: One-group pretest-posttest pilot study.
Sample: Convenience sample of patients hospitalized for total knee and total hip arthroplasty.
Measure: Researcher developed ASA quiz.
Intervention: Focused education on aspirin as an anticoagulant.
Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in knowledge (Wilcoxon rank sum test Z = 3.880, p < .001).