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KMID : 1190720100150010005
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Chonnam Journal of Nursing Science
2010 Volume.15 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.5
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A Study on the Awareness Level and the Performance Level of the Nursing Students toward the Infection Control
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Cho Bok-Hee
Moon Ji-Young
Kang Min-Kyoung
Yang Ka-Yeon
Lee Seung-Hyun
Jang Sun-Hae
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was aimed for investigating awareness level and performance level of the four year course college and community college nursing student toward the prevention of infection and providing information.
Methods: The subjects of the study were 384 nursing students. The questionnaire was composed of the questions about six categories. The categories were about hand washing, respiratory tract infection management, urinary tract infection management, fluid therapy & catheter management, disinfection equipment management and personal hygiene management. Reliability of awareness level was Cronbach's α= .966 and reliability of performance level was Cronbach's α= .978.
Result: In all categories and all grades, awareness level are higher than performance level and there was positive correlation of the four year course college and community college. And awareness level and performance level of an upper grade are higher than the lower grade of the all categories.
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KEYWORD
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Nursing student, infection control, awareness, practice
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