عنوان المقالة:تقييم مستوى الإجهاد الناجم عن الخوف من التعرض لإصابة الوخز بالإبر بين الممرضات: دراسة مقطعية Evaluations of Stress Level Caused by Fear of Exposure to Needle stick Injury among Nurses: A cross-sectional study
Abstract: Needlestick injury is one of the significant stress-leading causes among nurses in healthcare
settings. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the level of stress caused by fear of needlestick injury
exposure among nurses working at Sohag University Hospital. Subject and methods: A crosssectional study conducted with on 178 nurses from different Sohag University Hospital departments
using two tools, demographic and needlestick information tool and stress level tool. Results: About
seventy percent of nurses from a variety of units in Sohag University Hospital suffered from severe
stress of exposure to needlestick injuries and indicated that they have been actually exposed to prickle
in the preceding two months. Majority of injuries occurred in the morning shift at ICU, surgical,
medical and their belonging subspecialties departments by syringes needles, IV devices and medical
scalpels. The respondents graduated from Secondary School of Nursing were the most common were
highly exposed to needlestick injuries, and were planning to leave the clinical nursing procedures or
their changed career categorically. A significant percent of nurses preferred not to report official
authorities on needlestick injuries for these reasons, busy job, no possibility of infection from
needlestick, and no way to communicate with officials. The most common procedures for needlestick
injuries occur among nurses was during recapping of needles, preparing and giving drugs and most of
them did not perform any serological tests after injuries occurred. In addition, the current study shows
that the high percent of nurses washed the injured place by the running water and soap, they used the
disinfectants material to clean the injury site and put a dressing on the wound, and the most common
sites of injury were the hands and fingers, and it occurred once or twice. There was a statistical
significant correlation among needlestick injuries and educational level, departments, leaving of
specific clinical nursing procedures and level of stress while no statistically significant relation is
found between the previous training and needlestick. Conclusion & Recommendations: Exposure to
needlestick injuries may cause severe stress among the nursing staff. Appropriate training and
awareness should be given regularly to the nurses to ameliorate skills to deal with needlestick injuries
during their nursing curriculum and continue after graduation to help reduce stress among nurses.
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