Staff Nurses’ Knowledge and Commitment toward Hospital Waste Management | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 29, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018, Pages 415-426 PDF (1.11 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.198487 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahlam Abdallah Mohammed Abou El Ella1; Mona Mostafa Shazly2; Hemat Abd Elazeem Mostafa3 | ||
| 1B.Sc. Nursing, Professor of Nursing Administration-, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University. | ||
| 2Head of Nursing Administration Department,Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Healthcare waste management should be strictly followed by all health team members, and nurses should have required knowledge and skills to deal properly with waste. Aim of the study: To assess staff nurses’ knowledge and commitment toward hospital waste management. Design: A descriptive study design was utilized to meet the aim of this study Setting: This study was conducted at Sirs Elian hospital, El-Monoufyia governorate, the study sample consisted of 184 staff nurses in all units. Tools of data collection: two self-administered questionnaire sheets was used to collect data: I) Hospital waste management knowledge questionnaire sheet. II) Commitment toward hospital waste management questionnaire sheet. Results A great majority of the nurses had high total knowledge of workplace preventive measures. The majority had high knowledge and had adequate commitment, while had satisfactory knowledge of hospital waste management. The scores of knowledge and commitment are correlated. The knowledge score is positively influenced by the attendance of training in management, whereas the commitment score is positively influenced by nurse’s age and by scores of knowledge. Conclusion: staff nurses in the study setting have high knowledge and commitment to waste management, while their related knowledge is variable. Their commitment is positively related to their age and their scores of knowledge recommendations: The study recommends more training courses in waste management. Further research is proposed to investigate the effect of training interventions and leadership on nurses’ commitment towards hospital waste management. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Commitment; Hospital waste management; Knowledge; Staff nurse | ||
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