The knowing and doing of nursing academic facing accidents with sharp instruments

Authors

  • Helder Ferreira Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - UNIOESTE
  • Pamela Juliana Gatelli Universidade Estadual do Parana- Unioeste.
  • Natyele Rippel Silveira Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
  • Cynthia Bordes de Moura Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná-Unioeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v7i4.8988

Abstract

Backgrounds and Objectives: Injuries caused by accidents with sharps instruments represent a serious problem in health institutions, the present work aimed was to verify if what the nursing academics say they know about the correct practices in the case of accidents with sharp instruments, corresponds or not to what they say they would do in case the accident happened. Methods: The sample was composed of eighty-eight students of two campus of a university in Paraná state. Data collection was made by an instrument composed of eight situations describing hypothetical accidents with sharp instruments in nursing practice. Each situation was followed by three alternatives: one 11 correct, another half correct, and the other one incorrect. For each description the student was asked to indicate which action the professional should take, and evaluate what the professional would probably do in the real situation. Results: It was observed a discrepancy between what the students say to "know" about the right practices in accidents and what they say to "do" facing an accident. Conclusion: The conclusion was that educational interventions and strategies in nursing schools need to be developed to minimize such differences, increase the perceptions about the risks involved in accidents with biological materials and emphasize the importance of preventive measures.

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Author Biographies

Helder Ferreira, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - UNIOESTE

Centro de Educação, Letras e Saúde- Curso de graduação em Enfermagem. Doutorando em Saúde Pública-Universidade de São Paulo

Pamela Juliana Gatelli, Universidade Estadual do Parana- Unioeste.

Centro de Educação, Letras e Saúde- Curso de graduação em Enfermagem

Natyele Rippel Silveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Mestrado em Enfermagem.

Cynthia Bordes de Moura, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná-Unioeste

Programa de Pós Gradação em Ensino, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

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Published

2017-10-01

How to Cite

Ferreira, H., Gatelli, P. J., Silveira, N. R., & Moura, C. B. de. (2017). The knowing and doing of nursing academic facing accidents with sharp instruments. Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 7(4), 208-214. https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v7i4.8988

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 4 (2017)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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