Nurses' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection
| Autor: | Dirk Vogelaers, Christelle Lizy, Brigitte Claes, Stijn Witdouck, Koenraad Vandewoude, Sonia Labeau, Stijn Blot, Dominique Vandijck, Jordi Rello |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Flemish Soc Critical Care Nurses |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Educational measurement medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Evidence-based practice Critical Care Nursing Staff Hospital Statistics Nonparametric Nursing care Education Nursing Continuing Belgium Surveys and Questionnaires Content validity Medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection General Nursing Response rate (survey) Postoperative Care Analysis of Variance Infection Control Internet Chi-Square Distribution Item analysis business.industry General Medicine Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Nursing Education Research Family medicine Evidence-Based Practice Needs assessment Practice Guidelines as Topic Linear Models Female Human medicine Clinical Competence Educational Measurement business Needs Assessment Computer-Assisted Instruction |
| Zdroj: | Worldviews on evidence-based nursing |
| ISSN: | 1741-6787 1545-102X |
| Popis: | Background: Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) is an important responsibility for nurses. Knowledge of the related evidence-based recommendations is necessary to provide high-quality nursing care. Aim: Development of an evaluation tool and subsequent evaluation of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' knowledge of the SSI prevention guideline to identify their specific educational needs, as part of a needs analysis preceding the development of an e-learning module on infection prevention. Methods: We developed a multiple-choice knowledge test concerning evidence-based SSI prevention. After expert assessment of its face and content validity, the test was used in a survey among 809 ICU nurses. Demographics included were gender, ICU experience, number of ICU beds, and whether respondents had obtained a specialized ICU qualification. Based on the test results, an item analysis was performed. Results: Face and content validity were achieved for 9 out of 10 items of the questionnaire. From the survey, we collected 650 questionnaires (response rate 80.3%). The item analysis revealed overall good results with values for item difficulty ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 for eight questions, while one question had a value of 0.02; discriminative values ranging from 0.27 to 0.53 and values for the quality of the response alternatives between 0.1 and 0.7. Overall, these results demonstrate the questionnaire's reliability. The nurses' mean score on the knowledge test was 29%. Males were shown to have better scores. Conclusions: Opportunities exist to improve ICU nurses' knowledge about SSI prevention recommendations. Current guidelines should support their ongoing training and education. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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