Factors Affecting Nursing Performance Regarding Hygienic Care in Critically Ill Patients | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 8, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 95-107 PDF (370.71 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.258974 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rehab Mohamed Ahmed1; Amany Mohamed Safwat2; Shimaa Nabil Abdel Salam3 | ||
| 1Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University- Cairo- Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Critical Care Nursing and Emergency | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Hygienic care is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." It is a series of practices performed to preserve health. Aim of the study is to assess the factors affecting nursing performance regarding hygienic care. Research design: a descriptive exploratory design has been used. Subjects: a convenience sample of all available nurses (60) who providing care for patients. Setting at the medical and surgical intensive care units at El Demerdash hospital. Tools of data collection; four tools were used to collect data: a Nurses structured interviewing questionnaire, hygienic care assessment tool, observational checklist of hygienic care, and factors affecting on hygienic care. Results: the results revealed that majority of the studied nurses (85%) had unsatisfactory knowledge scores. Moreover, there was a highly positive association between knowledge of studied nurses and total practice and total hygienic care at (R value.841 &.522) respectively. Conclusion, the majority of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge, and more than half of them had incompetent practice scores about hygienic care in the intensive care unit. Recommendations: Promote the hygienic care guidelines as a standard procedure in ICUs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Critically ill patients; Factors; Hygienic Care; Nursing Performance | ||
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