Abstract
Objective To know student nurses′ attitude and status related to occupational protection, so as to provide scientific basis for the education and training of occupational safety. Methods A total of 203 student nurses from 4 tertiary general hospitals were surveyed by the knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire designed from October 2014 to January 2015. SPSS 17.0 statistical software was used to analyze the data. Results The knowledge score, attitude score and score of occupational protection among 203 student nurses were (18.68±2.98), (25.51±2.98) and (51.67±6.34), and they were all at a medium level. There were significant differences in the knowledge score of occupational protection in student nurses with different internship time and different education background (F=8.299, 3.088; P<0.05). Conclusions Schools and training hospitals should provide systematized and regular occupational protection education, in order to improve the consciousness of occupational protection from injury among student nurses and scientifically and effectively avoid the the occupational risks in nursing. Key words: Students, nursing; Clinical practice; Occupational protection; Occupational exposure
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