Investigation and analysis on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of nosocomial infection in nursing undergraduate students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.16.005
- VernacularTitle:护理本科学生医院感染知识、态度、行为调查分析
- Author:
Lihui PU
;
Xianqiong FENG
;
Meng LIN
;
Yue HUANG
;
Miaomiao WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nursing students;
Nosocomial infection;
Knowledge;
Attitude;
Practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;(16):11-14
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status about nursing undergraduate students' knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP)regarding nosocomial infection.Methods The self-administered questionnaires were employed to survey 108 undergraduate nursing students on the basis of a simple random sampling method.Results In the knowledge dimension,the nursing students earned 78.3％ of accuracy rate when responding to the questionnaires.The students also demonstrated positive attitudes towards nosocomial infection and occupational safety,particularly the female students.In terms of practice,the students performed relatively poor as 36.1％ of the students were unclear about the classification of medical garbage and 22.2％ of the students used their non-clean hands to touch their eye-glasses.Conclusions The undergraduate nursing students have demonstrated adequate knowledge and proper attitude towards nosocomial infection and occupational safety,however,some behaviors need to be changed.Nursing schools and hospitals should be aware of these findings and provide more training programs regarding nosocomial infection and occupational safety so that they can help students formulate good habits to prevent and control nosocomial infection.
