Exposure to Occupational Health Hazards Among Nursing and Midwifery Students During Clinical Practice.

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Teka Gezehy AmareTeklehaimanot Tesfay Gebreagziabher

Abstract

Health professionals are challenged with physical, chemical, and psychological hazards. The major areas in which nurses perform hazardous tasks were are injection, cleaning, patient care, bed making, cleaning and dressing of wounds, medication administration, and performing operations. During performing these activities, healthcare providers are exposed to many types of occupational hazards. So, there is a dearth of information on the prevalence of occupational hazards among nursing and midwifery students in this study area. This study aims to assess exposure to occupational health hazards among nursing and midwifery students during clinical practice at Mekelle University. Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from February to June 2017. The study participants were selected nursing and midwifery students of Mekelle University who had ever been attached for clinical practice. A sample of 151 students was recruited by a simple random sampling technique proportionate to their size. The data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The collected data were coded, entered, and cleaned by SPSS version 22 for analysis. Finally, the result was presented in the form of text, table, and figures. A t...Continue Reading

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