Knowledge and attitude regarding needle stick injury among pediatric nurses at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Needle stick injury is a challenging issue among health care workers especially the nurses. Nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding NSI seem affect them to get injury. A cross sectional study, descriptive study was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding needle...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/58214/ http://eprints.usm.my/58214/1/NURUL%20AFARAH%20BINTI%20GHANI%20-%20e.pdf |
| Summary: | Needle stick injury is a challenging issue among health care workers especially the nurses.
Nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding NSI seem affect them to get injury. A cross
sectional study, descriptive study was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude of
nurses regarding needle stick injury. Total of 73 nurses in pediatric units completed the
questionnaires by purposive selection technique that fits the inclusion criteria. Data was
statically analyzed using the software package SPSS version 20.0. Statistical significance
was considered at p value < 0.05. Among 73 participants, 72 (98.6%) participants had high
knowledge, while the remaining 1 (1.4%) participant had moderate knowledge. There were
71 (97.3%) of participants had good attitude, whereas 2 (2.7%) participants had moderate
attitude. Fisher's Exact Test showed no significant association between level of education
and knowledge level (p>0.05). and attitude level (p>0.05). Besides, Fisher's Exact Test also
showed no significant association between work experience and knowledge level (p>0.05)
and attitude level (p>0.05). In conclusion, this research finding indicated there was no
association between level of education with knowledge and attitude among nurses in
pediatric units. Moreover, no association found in this research between work experience
with knowledge and attitude among pediatric nurses in Hospital USM. Hence, further
research is required to confirm findings and improve the knowledge and attitude among
nurses regarding needle stick injury. |
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