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ECU School of Nursing thesis
ECU School of Nursing thesis. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Summary |
This study was conducted to discover the relationship between the perception of risk and the implementation of universal precautions in licensed nurses. All licensed nurses (LPN and RN) currently employed in direct patient care areas at a private community hospital in Southeastern North Carolina were included in the sample (n=113, 67.2%). Data were collected using a three-part questionnaire. Part one asked for demographic data. Part two contained items previously used in a study by M. Gruber to measure self-reported compliance with universal precaution guidelines and was adapted by permission for use in this research. Part three utilized questions from an instrument previously used in a study by L. Jemmott to measure nurses perception of risk of caring for HIV/AIDS patients and was also adapted by permission for use in this study. The study utilized a descriptive survey design to collect the data. The data obtained from the instruments were analyzed using the Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test and Chochran-Mantel Haenszel statistics to determine correlation of the variables. Analysis of the data returned did reveal statistical significance for the correlation of several of the variables. Significance was found for the correlation of glove use for oral care, gown use for incontinent patients and reporting of exposures to proper authorities to the correlation of perception of occupational risk. Overall perception of risk was determined to be high among the participants (mean= 2.25). |
| General note | Submitted to the faculty of the School of Nursing. |
| General note | Advisor: Frances R. Eason |
| Dissertation note | M.S. East Carolina University 1992 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-48). |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
