Status of knowledge, attitude and practice for needlestick injury prevention among clinical nurses and analysis of its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.17.030
- VernacularTitle:临床护士预防针刺伤知信行现状与影响因素分析
- Author:
Hongyan MENG
;
Peirong LLANG
;
Xiaoling XUE
;
Dejing YUAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Needlestick injury;
Prevention;
Knowledge-attitude-practice;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;(17):63-66
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the status quo of knowledge,attitude and practice of clinical nurses’ needlesrick injury (NSI) prevention and its influencing factors.Methods In our cross-sectional study,1020 clinical nurses in different levels of hospitals in Suzhou were recruited to participate the questionnaire survey by stratified cluster sampling.Results The average scores of knowledge,attitude,and practice about NSI prevention were (78.60+15.30),(78.88+8.31) and (70.60+13.86),individually.There was significant correlation among knowledge,attitude and practice.Stepwise regression analysis indicated that knowledge,occupational safety training,section,attitude,rifle,work environment and the level of hospital were the main influencing factors of NSI prevention practice.Condusions NSI prevention knowledge,attitude and practice among clinical nurses are unsatisfactory.Nursing administrators should pay close attention to the nursing staffs’ need of NSI prevention knowledge and provide targeted education to promote the formation of positive attitude,correct bad behaviors and promote healthy behaviors of NSI prevention.
