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Australian graduating nurses’ knowledge, intentions and beliefs on infection prevention and control: a cross-sectional study.
- Source :
- BMC Nursing; 2014, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-17, 17p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background: In recent year, national bodies have been actively addressing the increasing concern on the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The current study measures the knowledge, intentions and beliefs of third-year Australian nursing students on key infection prevention and control (IPC) concepts. Methods: A cross-sectional study of final-year undergraduate nursing students from Schools of Nursing at six Australian universities was undertaken. Students were asked to participate in an anonymous survey. The survey explored knowledge of standard precautions and transmission based precautions. In addition intentions and beliefs towards IPC were explored. Results: 349 students from six universities completed the study. 59.8% (95% CI 58.8–60.8%) of questions were answered correctly. Significantly more standard precaution questions were correctly answered than transmission-based precaution questions (p < 0.001). No association was found between self-reported compliance with IPC activities and gender or age. Certain infection control issues were correlated with the percentage of correctly answered transmission-based precaution questions. The participants were most likely to seek infection control information from an infection control professional. Conclusion: Knowledge on transmission-based precautions was substandard. As transmission-based precautions are the foundation of IPC for serious organisms and infections, education institutions should reflect on the content and style of educational delivery on this topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS infection prevention
ENVIRONMENTAL exposure prevention
ANALYSIS of variance
COLLEGE students
PREVENTION of communicable diseases
INFECTIOUS disease transmission
LEGAL compliance
CONFIDENCE intervals
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION research
HAND washing
HEALTH occupations students
PROTECTIVE clothing
MEDICAL wastes
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
NURSING schools
NURSING students
PROBABILITY theory
PROFESSIONS
RESEARCH funding
SHARPS (Medical instruments)
STATISTICS
STERILIZATION (Disinfection)
STUDENT attitudes
SURVEYS
OCCUPATIONAL hazards
DATA analysis
INFORMATION-seeking behavior
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
BACCALAUREATE nursing education
MANN Whitney U Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100311100
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-014-0043-9