Evaluation of nurses’ practices toward orthopaedic wound infection

Abstract

Objective(s): To evaluate of nurses practice toward orthopaedic wound infection and to determine therelationship between orthopaedic nurses practice and their demographic data characteristicMethodology: A descriptive study was carried out at orthopaedic wards of Baghdad Teaching Hospital startedfrom February 1st, 2011 to August 30th, 2011. A non-probability sample of (39) orthopaedic nurses who wereworking in orthopaedic wards were selected from Baghdad Teaching Hospital. The data were collected throughthe use of questionnaire , which consists of two parts (1)Demographic data form that consists of a(10) itemsand (2) orthopaedic nurses practice form that consists of (4)sections contain (69) items, by mean of directobserve technique with orthopaedic nurses. The validity of the questionnaire was determined throughpresenting it to (20) specialist expert and its reliability were determined through a pilot study which wascarried out through the period from April 1st, 2011 to June 15th, 2011. Descriptive statistical analysisprocedures (frequency, percentage, mean of score) and inferential analysis procedures (person correlationcoefficient, contingency coefficient) were used for the data analysis.Results: The findings of the study indicated that the orthopaedic nurses have inadequate or deficit in someaspects relative to wound infection in orthopaedic wards. No significant relationship was found betweenorthopaedic nurses practice and their gender, years of employment in nursing field, years of experience inorthopaedic wards and duration of the training session, while a significant relationship was found betweenorthopaedic nurses practice and their age, marital status, level of education, sharing in training session and thenumber of training session that orthopaedic nurses were engaged it.Recommendations: The researcher recommend that special training session , concerning wound infection andstandards orthopaedic nurses practice toward wound infection control that should be followed in orthopaedicwards ,and booklets should be designed and presented all orthopaedic nurses, in addition to make a new studythat can evaluate orthopaedic nurses knowledge concerning wound infection control in orthopaedic wards.