The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of moral sensitivities, infection management culture, and standard precaution of nurse, and the factors affecting standard precaution.
Data were collected from 211 nurses working in four h...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of moral sensitivities, infection management culture, and standard precaution of nurse, and the factors affecting standard precaution.
Data were collected from 211 nurses working in four hospitals located in G city using self - repoted questionnaires from May 1, 2018 to May 14, 2018. The research tool used the Korean version of Moral Sensitivity (K-MSQ), Infection management Culture, and Standard precaution measurement. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS WIN 21.0 using descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis.
The results of the study showed that moral sensitivity was 5.02 ± 0.63 on 7 points and infection management culture was 5.32 ±0.86 on 7 points and standard precaution was 3.37 ± 0.42 on 4 points. The standard precaution showed statistically significant results in gender (t=8.33, p=.004), number of working beds (F=10.50, p<.001), work experience (F=4.14, p=.003), and medical institution certification experience (t=4.16, p=.043) among general characteristics. The performance of standard was positively correlated with infection management culture (r=.500, p<.001) and moral sensitivity (r=.170, p=.013). Regression analysis to identify the influencing factors on the standard precaution showed infection management culture (β =.529, p<.001) and number of work places (β =.156, p =.021), the variables showed 28.4% explanatory power on the standard precaution (F=14.88, p<.001).
As a result of this study, it was confirmed that culture of infection management is an important factor affecting the performance of standards. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the atmosphere and environment that can enhance the culture of infection management and to evaluate it to improve the performance of standardization.