Personal hygiene practices and safety measures among governmental hospitals' staff in Beni-Swief governorate

Personal hygiene is one of the most effective ways to protect ourselves and others from illness. Safety measures also include application of standard precautions, education and training for protection of health care workers. The aim of this study was to assess personal hygiene practices and safety measures of health care workers [HCWs] in all governmental, teaching, and non-teaching, Hospitals in Beni-Sweif Governorate. The study was conducted in Beni-Sweif University Hospital, Insurance I hospital, and Ministry of Health and Population Hospital in Beni Sweif Governorate using a descriptive design. It included all nurses [n=421], physicians [n=132], and housekeeping personnel [n=73]. Data collection tools were a structured interview questionnaire form and an observation checklist. The results revealed that, most nurses were females [91.0%], compared to 22.7% of the doctors. More than half of the doctors [53.0%] received the three full doses of HBV, compared 10 41.8% of the nurses [p-0.024]. Overall, 63.2% of the nurses had adequate practice in personal safety compared to 81.1% of the doctors [p<0.001]. The University Hospital nurses had the highest performance in personal safety [79.5%], while the Insurance Hospital had the lowest [42.5%], [p=0.001]. The workers had highest performance with gloving and personal hygiene, and lowest in personal protection measures. The study recommended implementation of a healthcare workers' vaccination program which must be mandatory with provision of all needed equipment and supplies for infection control. Continuing and in-service training programs are needed to improve skills of personal hygiene and safety measures especially for nurses. Workers need training in the use of personal protective equipment, which should be made available to them

Assessment of factors affecting clinical teaching as perceived by nurse-teachers and nursing students in secondary technical nursing schools in Assiut City

Clinical training provides the nurse-students with knowledge skills and attitudes to provide patient's care with high quality in different settings. Clinical practice provides the opportunit for students to become skillful in the use of theories of action and provides a fertile experience in learning how to learn. The objectives of this study were to assess the factors affecting clinical teaching experience as perceived by nurse-teachers and nurse students. The study was done in three females' secondary nursing schools in Ass jut City. The subjects included in the study were 28 nurse teachers and 212 nurse-students. The data collection tool, which used consisted of questionnaire sheet for nurse-teachers and students, nurse. This questionnaire was aimed at identifying teachers and students perception about the factors that influence student's acquisition of clinical experience; the questionnaire was composed of three parts: 1-Structure factors: This part included hospital and external units [10 factors], school laboratory [6 factors], nursing team [13 factors], physician's team [8 factors] patients and their families [8 factors], and administration [7 factors]. The qualification needed for the clinical teaching [4 factors] and interpersonal traits of the clinical teacher [5 factors].2-Process factors: this part included interpersonal relationship of clinical teacher [6 factors], nursing competence of the clinical teacher [14 factors] and teaching competence of the clinical teacher [10 factors]. 3-Out come factors: this part included [12 factors]. In the light of the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the students and teachers gave priority to the importance of the process factors. There were statistically significant differences between students and teachers opinions regarding structure, process and outcome factor

Students' portfolio: a new trend to assess the fourth year nurse students' mastery of the administrative skills

This study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing in Assiut University to apply students' portfolio as a new trend to assess the fourth year student's mastery of the administrative skills. The study sample consisted of 60 students classified as thirty experimental group and thirty control group. Data collected through students' assessment by applying students' portfolio as assessment tool. Data collection took about two months. The results revealed that using of students' portfolios leads to enhancement of student's personal and professional level. At the area of administrative skills they become able to achieve assignment sheet accurately, they become excellent in performing daily shift report, gain ability to completion of patient cards effectively, identify patient needs, and describe the proper nursing care according to priorities. They are able to use proper documentations at different types of hospital departments, while the control group improved at the assignment sheet, daily shift report and patient cards to some extent and did not have new skills as the experimental groups

Effect of locus of control on job stress and intent to leave for nurses at Assiut University Hospital

This study aimed to assess the effect of locus of control on Job Stress and intent to leave for nurses working at Assiut Main University Hospital. The study sample consists of staff nurses [306], from all units .Data were collected through assistance of the head nurses by using the demographic data sheet, locus of control sheet, Job stress sheet and intent to leave sheet. The majority of nurses in Assiut Main University Hospital were women with internal locus of control, and complained from high job stress and about one third of them intent to leave the work. There was a highly significant difference between job stress and intent to leave. The most influential items lead to high stress among nurses were related to feeling of responsibility, role conflict and work overload. While items lead to leave work were related to social and personal factors, hospital factors and job content factors. Also only 9.8% from the total subjects connected for further education. Finally the difficult scheduling system is the first factor to change career in nursing while fixed career ladder is considered the last factor. So the study revealed that the relation between job stress and intent to leave is positive. This research recommends that, increase number of nurses, fixable scheduling system, give nurses opportunity to grow, provide a child- care services for staff nurses children, and identify hospital policies to new staff nurses will help in solving the problems