URINARY INCONTINENCE AND NURSES KNOWLEDGE TOWARD PREVENTION OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594.2.1.2022.258916Keywords:
urinary incontinence, nursing, prevention of catheter-associated, urinary tract infectionAbstract
Aim of this study was to assess nurses knowledge and practices toward prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
Methods. A cross-section, correlational study was conducted with a convenience sample of 67 nurses recruited from medical and intensive care in Slovakia. Knowledge and Practices Questionnaire was completed by participants. It included one part: Level of Knowledge and Extent of Practices Questionnaire. Data collection was carried out from September 2021 to January 2022. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 22.
Results. The majority of nurses (91.2%) attended an educational or training program on urinary catheter procedures while only 8.8% had never attended. 32.1% of nurses attended an educational or training program on urinary catheter procedures more than two times. More than half of nurses (77.76%) had low a level of knowledge. While about one-third (35.40%) of nurses had average level of knowledge, and only 0.72% of nurses had high level of knowledge. Regarding the levels of nurses' practices toward catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention, it was noted that the majority of nurses (89.90%) had a poor level of practices. While 11.10% of nurses had a good level of practices.
Conclusions. There were no statistical, significant relationbetween nurses' knowledge and practices toward catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Also, there was no significant relation between sociodemographic variables and knowledge or practices mean scores.While there was a significant relation between nurses' knowledge and age and there was a significant relation between nurses'practices and current unit.
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