Determining the Compliance of Intern Nursing Students with Isolation Precautions in the COVID-19 Pandemic Period

Autor: Duygu KURT, Seda SÜMER DALKIRAN
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Bezmiâlem Science, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 493-499 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2148-2373
DOI: 10.14235/bas.galenos.2021.5550
Popis: Objective:This study aimed to determine the compliance of intern nurses with isolation precautions in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic period.Methods:This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 4th-year intern nurses (n=90) receiving education at the vocational school of health of a state university in November 2020. The data were collected by using a Questionnaire Form and the “Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale”. In data analysis, percentage, mean, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the SPSS software.Results:The mean age of the intern nurses who participated in the study was 22±1.43 years, 74.4% were female, 51.1% were graduates of Anatolian high schools. Intern nurses 95.6% had received training on isolation precautions, and 81.1% received this training from a course instructor during their undergraduate studies. In was determined that 71.1% of the participants provided nursing care for patients who were under isolation during clinical practice, and 91.1% had knowledge that isolation precautions need to be implemented in the nursing care of patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total score of the participants was 71.92±5.74. There was no significant difference in the mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total scores of the participants based on their sociodemographic characteristics and isolation precautions.Conclusion:It was determined that the compliance of the intern nursing students, whose nursing labor could be needed in the COVID-19 pandemic period, with isolation precautions was on a good level.
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