Organizational Culture for Infection Control and Practice of Standard Precaution in Veterans Hospital Nurses: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between organizational culture for infection control and practice of standard precaution, and explore the mediating effect of self-efficacy in Hospital nurses. Methods: A descriptive research design was used. The subjects of this study were nurses working at the Hospital. Data collection was done using a self-report questionnaires in June 2019. Total 172 nurses participated for survey paper. IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 was used. Results: The mean scores of organizational culture for infection control and practice of standard precaution were 56.39 and 161.76 respectively and self-efficacy was 67.52. Practice of standard precaution was positively associated with self-efficacy (r = 0.53, p < 0.001), and organizational culture for infection control (r = 0.39, p < 0.001). Self-efficacy plays a full mediation in the relationship between organizational culture for infection control and practice of standard precaution (Z = 4.43, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Improving self-efficacy may help in increasing practice of standard precaution.

Factors Affecting the Infection Control Practices of Nurses at University Hospitals

“…The average score of the infection management organizational culture of the subjects of this study was 5.39 out of 7.0, whereas the average scores were 5.56, 5.51 and 5.64 in the studies conducted on nurses using the same instrument by Lee and Park [ 6 ], Moon and Jang [ 11 ] and Kim and Song [ 24 ], respectively, thereby displaying results similar to that of this study. It is deemed that the awareness of infection management by the management within the medical institutions has increased through the fortification of the infection management domain through the revision of infection management guidelines, the Medical Service Act, and the medical institution evaluation certification due to the outbreak of emerging infectious diseases, such as MERS and COVID-19, etc.…”

“…It is deemed that the awareness of infection management by the management within the medical institutions has increased through the fortification of the infection management domain through the revision of infection management guidelines, the Medical Service Act, and the medical institution evaluation certification due to the outbreak of emerging infectious diseases, such as MERS and COVID-19, etc. in the recent years [ 24 ], thereby elevating the level of the infection management organizational culture.…”

Effects of stress on burnout among infection control nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating effects of social support and self-efficacy

“…Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their ability to achieve goals in specific situations [19]. Nurses who lack self-efficacy have low confidence in their ability to manage and prevent infectious diseases [20], which may increase their work-related stress and ultimately lead to burnout [10]. Social support refers to the encouragement and support nurses receive from their colleagues, superiors, and family [18,21].…”