Nurses' Knowledge and Practice Towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

Sham, Fatimah; Raji, Nur Azira Abdul; Omar, Mohd Fitri; Hasan, Zulkarnain; Patahorahman, Muhammad Khairi; Sihat, Hapesah Mohamed; Supramaaniam, Yogarani

doi:10.24191/ijsms.v6i1.12875

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“…these results agreed with the study of Sham (11)who reported that the number of married nurses (83.7%) was more than the number of unmarried. Also, a study done by Novelia (12) found that the majority of the participants (71.1%) were married.…”

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Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Prevention of Surgical Site Infection at Governmental Hospitals in Wasit City, Iraq 2022

Hassan¹,

Roudsary²

2023

PJMHS

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Objective: The study was aimed at determining nursing knowledge and practices regarding prevention of surgical site infection in governmental hospitals in Wasit city. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with descriptive design to determine knowledge and practice of nurses who work in surgical wards regarding prevention of SSI in governmental hospitals in Wasit City. A sample of 180 surgical nurses participated in the study (100% response rate); convenience sampling method was used in this study. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire which is composed of three parts: Demographic characteristics, Nurses’ knowledge questionnaire, and Nurses’ practice questionnaire. Results: The results of current study revealed that (58.3%) of the nurses expressed a poor knowledge regarding SSI as described by low average, which is equivalent to 7.68 (±7.441), and (75.6%) of the nurses expressed an inadequate practice regarding SSI as described by low average, which is equivalent to 36.89 (±13.55). The results show that nurses practices is positively significant correlated with their knowledge (r = 0.216; p = 0.000). Conclusion: Knowledge and practices among nurses working in surgical words in governmental hospitals (both teaching and non-teaching) in Wasit city regarding SSI prevention were found to be low. Being male with high educational level were factors which were significantly associated with knowledge of prevention of SSI. On the other hand, serving for 1–5 years is a factor that was significantly associated with the practice of SSI prevention activities. Therefore, efforts have to be made to update the knowledge of nurses regarding SSI prevention activities. Additionally, hospital administrators ought to motivate highly educated nurses to concentrate on putting their learning into practice.

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confidence: 93%

Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Prevention of Surgical Site Infection at Governmental Hospitals in Wasit City, Iraq 2022

Hassan¹,

Roudsary²

2023

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“…The findings of this study further highlight challenges such as inadequate supervision and difficulties in developing and maintaining spousal relationships. Adequate supervision is important for quality healthcare delivery by building the competence of nurses ( Bellerose et al, 2021 ; Buchan et al, 2013 ; Sham et al, 2021 ) but this was generally lacking among many of the nurses in the study area, leading to a feeling of isolation and neglect. Minimal supervision from health authorities has led to healthcare workers concluding that their superiors/bosses do not regard their well-beings as a priority ( Chapman et al, 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

What do Health Workers say About Rural Practice?

Okyere

Ward

Marfoh

et al. 2021

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

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Adequately staffed rural health services improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes, yet this is lacking in rural Ghana. We used a descriptive qualitative design to understand the contextual issues that affect rural practice, in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Sixty-eight in-depth interviews were conducted with healthcare workers and analysed thematically. Four themes were identified: types of postings to rural settings, healthcare workers’ perceptions of their rural postings, perceived enablers and motivators for rural practice, and perceived challenges and barriers to rural practice. While adequate supervision and family proximity are needed to improve the feelings of loneliness, isolation and neglect in rural areas, challenges and barriers such as inadequate security, unstable electricity supply, language barrier, lack of equipment and transport/ambulance have been identified to have negative influence on healthcare workers. The findings highlight the need for healthcare managers to improve fairness and transparency in the posting and reshuffling processes of healthcare workers.

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