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dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Peta-Anne P
dc.contributor.authorSladdin, Ishtar
dc.contributor.authorShaban, Ramon Zenel
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Julia
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Lynne
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T07:07:13Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T07:07:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1471-5953
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102746
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/393779
dc.description.abstractDeveloping nursing students' knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control (IPC) is fundamental to safe healthcare. A two-phase descriptive, mixed-method study conducted within a Bachelor of Nursing program at an Australian university aimed to explore: (i) theoretical knowledge of IPC, highlighting hand hygiene, of nursing students and; (ii) nursing students' and clinical facilitators' perceptions of factors influencing these practices during clinical placement. Phase One utilised an anonymous validated questionnaire assessing students' knowledge; identifying variables influencing students' IPC practices, subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis. Phase Two were semi-structured interviews exploring clinical facilitators' experiences/perceptions of students during clinical placement, analysed thematically. Students' demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of IPC in their second and third year, but clinical facilitators perceived that. students lacked awareness of the importance of these practices. Five themes arose from the interviews: (i) understanding workplace culture; (ii) students' modelling local behaviour; (iii) enhancing and consolidating knowledge for practice; (iv) adjusting to practice reality and; (v) accessing additional hand hygiene resources. Factors specific to workplace setting and culture were perceived to influence nursing students' socialisation. Future practice/education strategies could address these factors by ensuring students receive adequate supervision during clinical placement, and having strong advocates/role models present in the workplace.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralasian College for Infection Prevention and Control Ltd
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNurse Education in Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMidwifery
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4204
dc.subject.keywordsHand hygiene
dc.subject.keywordsInfection prevention and control
dc.subject.keywordsUndergraduate nursing
dc.titleFactors influencing hand hygiene practice of nursing students: A descriptive, mixed-methods study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationZimmerman, PAP; Sladdin, I; Shaban, RZ; Gilbert, J; Brown, L, Factors influencing hand hygiene practice of nursing students: A descriptive, mixed-methods study, Nurse Education in Practice, 2020, 44
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-02-25
dc.date.updated2020-05-11T03:32:31Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication was entered as an advanced online version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorZimmerman, Peta-Anne P.
gro.griffith.authorLockwood, Ishtar K.


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