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Factors Influencing Nurses' Infection-preventive Behaviors for Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Cross-sectional Study.
- Source :
- Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing; Feb2024, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p147-155, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Purpose: This study investigated the effects of knowledge, risk perception, and nursing professionalism on nurses' infection-preventive behaviors for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Methods: This cross-sectional study's participants were 204 nurses with at least 3 months of experience caring for patients with EIDs at four government-designated medical institutions in Korea, which were the first to handle cases of EIDs. Results: The average score for infection-preventive behaviors concerning EIDs was 4.54±0.45 points out of 5.00, and the score for the early response stage for EIDs was the lowest. The factors influencing nurses' infection preventive behaviors for EIDs were personal protective equipment education, knowledge, and risk perception. Nursing professionalism was identified as a new influencing factor. Conclusion: To improve nurses' infection prevention behaviors for EIDs, specific and practical training in protective equipment must be conducted. Increasing nurses' professional knowledge, strengthening risk perception, and implementing strategic programs to strengthen nursing professionalism are required. Nurses should be instructed and given clear rules on properly utilizing personal protection equipment. Nursing managers and nurses can improve their professionalism by creating a positive organizational culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INFECTION prevention
PREVENTION of communicable diseases
COMPUTER software
NURSING
NURSE administrators
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIPLE regression analysis
WORK
AGE distribution
JOB descriptions
TERTIARY care
RISK perception
NURSING practice
PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
T-test (Statistics)
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
PUBLIC hospitals
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
QUESTIONNAIRES
EXPERIENTIAL learning
PROFESSIONALISM
PERSONAL protective equipment
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12259012
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175734597
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2024.31.1.147