Assessment of Nursing Performance Regarding Hospital Acquired Infection

Abstract

Abstract Background: Hospitalized children are a particularly vulnerable population. This is due to the many invasive procedures and frequent antibiotic use, which put the patient's children at risk for infection and promote the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms. Aim: This study aims to assess nursing performance regarding hospital acquired infections. Design: A descriptive study was used. Settings: The study was conducted at Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Medical and Surgical Units affiliated to Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital. Subjects: Eighty nurses from the previously mentioned settings. Data collection: Two tools, first tool was an interview questionnaire form composed of two parts; Part 1: About demographic characteristics of nurses. Part 2: Knowledge of nurses regarding HAI. The second tool was observation checklist that consists of two parts Part 1: Assess performance of nurses regarding infection control and Part 2: To assess their performance regarding the infrastructure of the involved units. Results: The study indicated that more than half of the studied nurses had incompetent performance regarding HAI. While more than one third of them had competent performance, above half of them incompetent performance regarding infrastructure of their units, while less than half of them were competent. Conclusion: This study concluded that there was a positive correlation between total knowledge of the studied nurses and their total performance regarding the hospital acquired infections.