KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS BY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL IBADAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING
Background: Nursing students are exposed to blood borne
pathogens during clinical experience. Education on the risks and precautions is one of the strategies available to prevent infections. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of HIV/AIDSelated structured training on undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge of standard precautions in Calabar. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental, pre-post one group design. It was delimited to students in their third and fourth year that would be available for the intervention. The participants were selected by simple random sampling technique. A
total of 42 students participated in the study. A self-developed and well-validated questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.8 was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 14. Paired “t”
test statistical technique and logistic regression were applied to test hypothesis. The significant level was fixed at 0.05. Results: The mean age of the nursing students was 34.0 +/-9.1. Most 34(81.0%) were female while only 8 (19.0) were male. With regards to knowledge base 25 [59.6%] of the respondents have not received previous instruction on standard precaution. At pre-test, only 3(7.1%) and 7(6.7%) of the respondents respectively were knowledgeable about the meaning of standard precaution and universal precaution. This compares with 29(69.0%) and 34(8.1%) respectively at post-test. With regard to differentiating between standard precautions and universal precautions only 1(0.4%) could do so at pre-test compared to 30(71.0%) at post-test. The mean score of the respondents on knowledge of standard precaution at pre-test was 1.0(SD = 1.6) while at post-test it increased to 6.1 (SD = 3.1). This difference was highly statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusions: The study suggests that planned instruction can improve the knowledge of undergraduate nursing students on standard precautions, hence the need to expose the students to safety education before posting them to the clinical setting.
Title Page———i
Certification——–ii
Dedication———iii
Acknowledgement——-iv
Abstract ———vi
Table of Content——–vii
Chapter One
1.0 Introduction ——-1
1.1 Statement of Problem——4
1.2 Purpose of the Study——5
1.3 Significance of Study——8
1.4 Limitation——–9
1.5 Scope of Study——-11
Chapter Two
2.0 Review of Related Literature —-12
2.6 Summary of Literature Review—- 19
Chapter Three
3.0 Research Methodology and Procedure—22
3.1 Population ——–22
3.2 Sample and Sampling Technique—-22
3.3 Validation of the Instrument —-23
3.4 Reliability of the Instrument —–23
3.5 Data Analysis——-23
Chapter Four
4.0 Presentation and Discussion of Result—24
4.1 Analysis and interpretaion of Data—25
4.2 Discussion of Results——38
Chapter Five
5.0. Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation –40
5.1 Summary——–40
5.2 Conclusion——–41
5.3 Recommendation——42
References ———45
Appendix 1——–47
Appendix ———50
KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS BY HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL IBADAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING
