scholarly journals Compliance with standard precautions during clinical training of nursing students in Saudi Arabia: A multi-university study

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 937-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhan Alshammari ◽  
Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽  
Nahed Alquwez ◽  
Joseph Almazan ◽  
Fatmah Alsolami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Compliance Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Clinical Exposure

Introduction: Nursing students are susceptible to healthcare-associated infections because of their direct patient interactions during their clinical training. Hence, compliance with standard precautions (SPs) is paramount during their clinical exposure and training. This study investigated the compliance with SPs and its predictors among Saudi nursing students from six universities. Methodology: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in six government universities in Saudi Arabia. A convenience sample of 829 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students was surveyed using the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out to analyze the data. Results: The overall compliance rate of the respondents was 60.1% with a mean score of 12.02 (SD = 4.50). The students reported highest compliance on covering the mouth and nose when wearing a mask, while the lowest compliance was on disposing sharps box before it is full. The university, academic year level, and attendance to infection prevention and control training or seminar in the last six months were identified as significant predictors of the students’ compliance with SPs. Conclusions: The findings provide valuable insights and guidance for improving the practice of SPs among future nurses, which could result in the reduction of infection exposure and its transmission rates among future nurses in clinical settings.

scholarly journals Compliance with Standard Precautions Among University Nursing Students From Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s180-s180
Author(s):  
Tomislav Mestrovic ◽  
Marijana Neuberg ◽  
Goran Kozina
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Compliance Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Stringent compliance with standard precautions is of utmost importance for reducing the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); however, the role of medical and nursing students is often underappreciated. Because undergraduate and graduate nursing programs combine classroom education and clinical training, nursing students are already important stakeholders in HAI risk reduction and patient safety endeavors. Objectives: In this study, we appraised self-reported adherence to standard precautions among university nursing students, and we examined factors that may influence their level of compliance. Methods: In total, 362 undergraduate and graduate university nursing students form the University North in Croatia (Europe), enrolled in courses or modules with clinical placement, were surveyed in this self-reported cross-sectional study. A 2-part self-administered questionnaire was used, consisting of a demographic survey and a globally applicable 20-item Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS). Differences were examined by an independent t test and analysis of variance (ANOVA), and factors influencing compliance were further appraised by a standard multiple linear regression analysis. Significance was set at P <.05 (2-sided). Results: The overall compliance rate in this study was 58.4%. The highest compliance rate was observed for wearing gloves when exposed to body fluids, blood products, and any excretion of patients (82.8%); conversely, the lowest compliance rate was reported for disposing a sharps box before it was full (27.2%). Higher rates of compliance were seen in female nursing students compared with their male counterparts (P = 0.039). Even though age was not a significant predictor, there was an increase in compliance rates according to the academic year level (P < .001). Conclusions: Our results indicate that the overall compliance rate of the Croatian nursing students was moderate, although there was a trend toward more rigorous standard precaution adherence with more education and clinical experience. These findings highlight the need to improve the nursing curriculum to integrate more material on infection control practices early in the program, consequently bridging the gap between theory and practice. Finally, a supportive culture of infection control adherence in quotidian clinical practice must be continuously fostered.Funding: NoneDisclosures: None

scholarly journals Sources of Stress among Saudi Arabian Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11958
Author(s):  
Wafaa Aljohani ◽  
Maram Banakhar ◽  
Loujain Sharif ◽  
Fatimah Alsaggaf ◽  
Ohood Felemban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Health Related

Introduction: Nursing students experience higher levels of stress than those in other health-related disciplines; however, there are limited data exploring stress among these students in a Saudi context. Aim: This study examines sources of stress among nursing students at an academic institution in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, using a descriptive quantitative cross-sectional research design. Methods: Data were collected from a convenience sample of 500 undergraduate nursing students, with a response rate of 71.8%, using an adapted Stress in Nursing Students (SINS) questionnaire. Results: Nursing student sources of stress fell into three categories: academic concerns, clinical practice, and social factors. Discussion: The results demonstrate commonality between other countries’ sources of stress for nursing students but highlight cultural factors unique to Saudi Arabia. This study shows opportunities for cross-cultural learning and areas needing cultural tailoring to reduce stress among nursing students.

scholarly journals Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6036
Author(s):  
Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola ◽  
Zaira Reyes-Amargant ◽  
Alba Berenguer-Simon ◽  
David Ballester-Ferrando ◽  
Maria Dolors Burjalés-Martí ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Estimate Prevalence

(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) has become common in universities for reasons related to unwanted social/peer pressures regarding alcohol/drug use and sexual activities. Objectives: To identify perceptions of SV and alcohol use and estimate prevalence among nursing students in Catalonia, Spain. (2) Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of nursing students attending public universities. (3) Results: We recruited 686 students (86.11% women), who reported as follows: 68.7% had consumed alcohol, 65.6% had been drunk at least once in the previous year, 62.65% had experienced blackouts and 25.55% had felt pressured to consume alcohol. Drunkenness and blackouts were related (p < 0.000). Of the 15.6% of respondents who had experienced SV, 47.7% experienced SV while under the influence of alcohol and were insufficiently alert to stop what was happening, while 3.06% reported rape. SV was more likely to be experienced by women (OR: 2.770; CI 95%: 1.229–6.242; p = 0.014), individuals reporting a drunk episode in the previous year (OR: 2.839; 95% CI: 1.551–5.197; p = 0.001) and individuals pressured to consume alcohol (OR: 2.091; 95% CI: 1.332–3.281; p = 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Nursing instructors need to raise student awareness of both the effects of alcohol use and SV, so as to equip these future health professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal with SV among young people.

scholarly journals Factors influencing self-reported adherence to standard precautions among thai nursing students: a cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
pp. 103232
Author(s):  
Nantanit van Gulik ◽  
Stéphane Bouchoucha ◽  
Siriluk Apivanich ◽  
James Lucas ◽  
Anastasia Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Influencing

Cultural competence among nursing students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Cruz ◽  
N. Alquwez ◽  
C.P. Cruz ◽  
R.F.D. Felicilda-Reynaldo ◽  
L.M. Vitorino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Master of Science in Nursing students’ expectations to participate in nursing research-related tasks in clinical practice after completing their education – A cross-sectional survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Connie Berthelsen ◽  
Bente Martinsen ◽  
Marianne Vamosi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Daily Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Master Of Science

Objective: To describe Master of Science in Nursing students’ expectations to participate in nursing research-related tasks in daily clinical practice after completing their education.Methods: To support this assumption a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to describe Master of Science in nursing students’ expectations to participate in nursing research-related tasks in daily clinical practice after completing their education. Data were collected using a 41-item structured questionnaire.Results: A convenience sample of Master of Science in Nursing students (n = 116) was recruited during their third semester and 92 (79.3%) students replied the questionnaire. The results showed how 91.3% of the students expressed high expectations regarding their possibilities for participation in nursing research-related tasks in clinical practice. However, 64.1% doubted that time and resources would be allocated to nursing research.Conclusions: The key motivator for the students was to improve patient care, further develop clinical practice, and strengthen the nursing profession. However, the literature suggests that colleagues and the nursing management in clinical practice impose certain barriers that prevent nurses from participating in research.

scholarly journals Nursing Students' Eating Habits, Subjective, and Mediterranean Nutrition Knowledge During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110382
Author(s):  
Gizell Green
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Subjective Knowledge ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

Background Mediterranean nutrition knowledge, healthy eating habits, and subjective nutritional knowledge are crucially important to nursing students’ health. The study strives to examine, during the COVID-19 pandemic period: (a) nursing students' eating habits and their subjective nutritional knowledge according to three groups: novice, advanced, and senior; and (b) subjective knowledge and its role as a mediator between Mediterranean nutritional knowledge and nursing students’ eating habits. Methods A cross-sectional study design with a convenience sample consisting of 212 university nursing students. Participants volunteered to complete a questionnaire that examined their eating habits, subjective nutritional knowledge, and Mediterranean diet knowledge. The university's institutional review board provided permission to conduct the current study. Results Nursing students from the novice group had better eating habits than the advanced and senior groups, and no significant differences were found between the advanced and senior groups regarding eating habits. Additionally, Mediterranean nutritional knowledge had a positive indirect effect on eating habits through subjective nutritional knowledge. Therefore, subjective nutritional knowledge partially mediated the relationship between Mediterranean nutritional knowledge and eating habits. Conclusion First, especially for the advanced and senior groups, it is important to create opportunities for learning via seminars, symposia, and webinars. Interprofessional teams, such as clinical nutritionists or a registered certified dietitian and nursing student, can engage with important, authentic information. Second, since subjective nutritional knowledge was found to be a partial mediator, it may be assumed that there are other mediating variables that we did not examine in this study. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct further research to examine other factors that can serve as mediators for eating habits, in addition to subjective knowledge, especially during COVID-19 times.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Students’ Preference for Nursing Education and their Intent to Leave: A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Faten Kandil ◽  
Naglaa El Seesy ◽  
Maram Banakhar
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Intent To Leave ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Family Disagreement

Introduction:Insufficient research has been conducted into the factors that prompt young students to select nursing education as a profession in Saudi Arabia.Aim:The aim of the study is to identify factors affecting students' preference for nursing education and their intent to leave.Methods:This study follows a descriptive cross-sectional research design, with data collected by adapting the Tan-Kuick questionnaire to measure second-year nursing students’ (n=162) preference for nursing education and intent to leave one academic institution in Saudi Arabia.Results:Nursing image is identified as the major factor influencing the nursing students’ preference for nursing education in Saudi Arabia (69.89 ± 16.49), and parents' image of nursing is identified as the factor with the least amount of influence (34.52 ± 22.04). Additionally, more than half of the nursing students surveyed report intending to leave the nursing profession. Regarding the reasons for their intent to leave, a total of 70% of the surveyed nursing students report having no interest in the nursing profession. Family disagreement and societal image are also identified as common prompts to leave nursing.Conclusion:The study recommends the use of media to enhance the image of the nursing profession through the presentation of role models that talk to the students and encourage and motivate them to engage in the working life of a nurse. In addition, the study suggests replicating the longitudinal study for the same group in their third and fourth year of study to see if they leave the nursing profession.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Biomedical Waste Management as Per 2019 Rules among Nursing Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Surya Kant Tiwari ◽  
Saumya P. Srivastava ◽  
Soni Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Student's Attitudes

Introduction- Biomedical waste is of global subject today. The biomedical waste (management and handling) rules came into existence in 1998 with the latest amendment being made in 2019. Methods- This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried among 163 nursing students to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding biomedical waste management as per 2019 rules using total enumeration method. Nursing students who had clinical exposure >6 months and willing to participate were included in the study. Nursing students who were in their 1st academic year were excluded. The questionnaire was divided into four components assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding biomedical waste management. The obtained scores of participants were converted into percentages and categorized as excellent (> 70%) and poor (< 70%). Results- Mean age of participants was 21.54 + 2.49 years with the majority being female (81.6%) and studying in B.Sc. nursing (59.5%). Majority of participants had poor level of knowledge in various domains of biomedical waste management like awareness (78.5%), color coding (84.7%), biomedical waste disposal methods (92.6%), and universal precautions (97.5%) except for biomedical waste hazard symbol (15.3%). About 95.1% of participants had overall poor knowledge regarding biomedical waste management. Nearly 76.1% and 74.2% of participants showed positive attitudes and safe practice patterns respectively. Conclusion- Although nursing student’s attitudes and patterns of practice were excellent yet they had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge related to recent amendments in biomedical waste management rules, 2019. Regular teaching and periodic monitoring of practices regarding biomedical waste are highly recommended. Key words: knowledge, attitude, practices, biomedical waste, nursing students.

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