Undergraduate nursing students' education and training in aseptic technique: A mixed methods systematic review

Hawker, Clare; Gould, Dinah; Courtenay, Molly; Edwards, Deborah

doi:10.1111/jan.14974

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“…This diversity can enrich the discussions and enhance the validity of the study's conclusions. This finding supports a study on the education and training of undergraduate nursing students in sterile technique [ 25 ].…”

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The Assessment of Nursing Staff Knowledge and Barriers Regarding Aseptic Techniques in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan

Jarelnape

2023

Cureus

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Background Aseptic techniques are crucial in preventing healthcare-associated infections, which are an integral part of standard precautions, and encompass a range of practices designed to safeguard patients from healthcare-associated infections. Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge and identify the barriers faced by nursing staff in implementing aseptic techniques. Methodology This study employed a stratified random sampling technique to ensure the representation of the research sample. A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was used to assess the knowledge and barriers of nursing staff in maintaining aseptic techniques in their medical practice at Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan. The nursing staff members were divided into different units, and a proportionate number of participants were randomly selected from each stratum. A total of 83 nursing staff members were recruited for this study. Data collection was conducted using a structured questionnaire specifically designed for this study. The questionnaire consisted of items that assessed the nursing staff's knowledge and barriers to aseptic technique implementation. Results The study findings revealed that the mean knowledge score of nursing staff was 14.12, with a median score of 15. The knowledge score had a standard deviation of 3.22. Approximately two-thirds of the nurses (66.3%) had an average level of knowledge, while 33.7% had a below-average level of knowledge. The chi-square analysis indicated a significant association between educational level, years of experience, and knowledge scores (P value=0.010) at a significance level of 0.05. Additionally, 65% of the participants reported facing multiple challenges in maintaining aseptic techniques, including insufficient training, limited resources, and inadequate support. Conclusion In conclusion, the evaluation revealed that a significant proportion of participants felt that their unit lacked adequate training and resources for aseptic techniques. Many had observed colleagues not adhering to aseptic practices, and the participants faced multiple challenges in maintaining aseptic techniques, including insufficient training, limited resources, time constraints, and inadequate support.

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The Assessment of Nursing Staff Knowledge and Barriers Regarding Aseptic Techniques in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan

Jarelnape

2023

Cureus

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“…Our findings corroborate earlier research: variations concerning when procedures should be conducted aseptically and how PRAs should be performed [6,7,8]; inadequacies in teaching and competency assessment for pre-registration students in the UK [23] and other countries [24]; poor access to CPD post-qualification, especially for nurses in primary and domiciliary care [9]; and lack of emphasis on the principles of asepsis [23]. Opinions concerning need for asepsis when dressing chronic wounds and precisely at which points to don sterile gloves for a specific PRA differed.…”

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“…Informants in our study expressed a need for more detailed guidance and better preparation to undertake PRAs, corroborating a growing body of opinion and research [6][7][8][9]23,24]. The ANTT © framework [27] currently in use is described as being designed for all settings where aseptic technique is conducted but practitioners are required to undertake their own risk assessment when they decide whether or not a specific procedure requires asepsis.…”

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“…Stakeholder opinion should be sought from nurses who undertake PRAs as they are more likely to be aware of anomalies in practice than those in senior positions removed from direct care. Findings from this study and previous research indicate need for better preparation to undertake PRAs [6,7,9,23,24] introduced before students undertake clinical placements to enable them to protect patients and themselves [39]. A successful approach adopted in medical education introduces students to key principles of infection prevention during simulated practice with feedback in small groups before they contact real patients [38].…”

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Challenges undertaking procedures requiring asepsis: a qualitative interview study with nurses

Dinah

Courtenay

Gallagher

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Journal of Hospital Infection

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“…The research adopted the method of systematic review, summarized the relevant literature, and discussed the effect and influence of leadership training in undergraduate medical education. Hawker et al (2022) [ 51 ] systematically reviewed the education and training of aseptic technique for undergraduate nursing students through mixed methods. The research comprehensively analyzed the results of questionnaire survey and qualitative research, and summarized the current situation and problems of aseptic technology education and training for undergraduate nursing students.…”

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The construction of competency training mechanism model for tourism undergraduates based on grounded theory

Sun,

Zhao

2024

PLoS ONE

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The motivation of this paper is to solve the problem of tourism majors’ lack of theoretical knowledge and professional ability by building a capacity training mechanism model based on grounded theory. The goal of the study is to optimize the ability training strategies of tourism undergraduates and improve their professional quality and competitiveness. The paper adopts the ability training model based on grounded theory, and combines with Back Propagation (BP) neural network for optimization and evaluation. By comparing the performance of different ability training mechanisms, this paper explores the best training strategies to provide support and guidance for the training of tourism undergraduates. Firstly, the employment background of the current market is studied and analyzed. By sorting out the relevant documents of grounded theory and combining with the current training strategies of tourism majors, the students’ personality characteristics and the basic principles of establishing models are integrated. The Back Propagation (BP) neural network is combined with the grounded theory. The data input of the student ability model is re-optimized. The undergraduate competency training mechanism model is constructed. The results show that when the number of iterations of the network model is 500.00, the evaluation accuracy of the competency training model based on BP neural network can reach 70.00%. At this time, the evaluation accuracy of competency training model based on content analysis method is only 55.00%. In addition, the results show that with the increase of model iterations, the recognition accuracy of the ability model based on grounded theory and the ability training mechanism of content analysis method is continuously improved. However, the ability evaluation model based on grounded theory has higher accuracy, and the accuracy of ability evaluation even exceeds 78.52% when the number of iterations of the network model is 600. Secondly, through the statistics and comparison of the grading results of students of different majors, it is found that the ability training mechanism based on grounded theory can improve the overall ability level of students more significantly. The research has important reference value for promoting the optimization and perfection of students’ training strategies.

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Undergraduate nursing students' education and training in aseptic technique: A mixed methods systematic review

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Cited by 6 publications

References 58 publications

The Assessment of Nursing Staff Knowledge and Barriers Regarding Aseptic Techniques in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan

The Assessment of Nursing Staff Knowledge and Barriers Regarding Aseptic Techniques in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan

Challenges undertaking procedures requiring asepsis: a qualitative interview study with nurses

The construction of competency training mechanism model for tourism undergraduates based on grounded theory

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