Status of practice on prevention and treatment of exposure to sharp objects among nursing students at Lang Son Medical College in 2022=Status of practice on prevention and treatment of exposure to sharp objects among nursing students at Lang Son Medical College in 2022

• Tác giả: Thi Thu Hang Ho
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Tạp chí Khoa học Điều dưỡng, 2024
• Mô tả vật lý: tr.45821
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 480043

Tóm tắt

 Objective: To describe the status of practice on prevention and treatment of exposure to sharp objects among nursing students at Lang Son Medical College in 2022. Methods:Cross-sectional descriptive study was implemented among 120 nursing students at Lang Son Medical College from January to July 2022 using “Evaluation of Nursing Students’ Practices in Preventing Injuries Caused by Sharp Objects”measurement with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.793. Results: The percentage of nursing students at Lang Son Medical College who satisfactorily practice on prevention and treatment of exposure to sharp objects was 36.7%. Of which: 64.2% of students used cotton or gauze to break glass tubes
  The percentage of students using both hands to cover the needle cap before and after injecting medicine were 38.3% and 48.3%, respectively
  21.7% of students did not wear gloves when their hands were injured
  72.5% of students passed around sharp objects when performing procedures
  71.7% of students did not put injection needles or infusion needles into sharps containers/containers immediately after injection. Conclusion: Practice of preventing and treating exposure to sharp objects among nursing students at Lang Son Medical College was at a low level