In:
International Journal of Nursing Practice, Wiley, Vol. 24, No. 6 ( 2018-12)
Kurzfassung:
What is already known about this topic? Nurses are especially at risk for tuberculosis infection. Not much is known about nurses' tuberculosis prevention capabilities in primary health care settings, the front line of contact with infection. Little is known about the influences on nurses' tuberculosis prevention practices. What this paper adds? Nurses in primary health care settings do not have adequate tuberculosis prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices to create optimally safe health care environments. The physical make‐up of N95 respirators are currently inadequate to promote its use among nurses in primary health care settings. While tuberculosis prevention knowledge is positively linked to tuberculosis prevention practices, it remains unclear what factors may moderate this relationship. The implications of this paper: Tuberculosis prevention practices among nurses remain suboptimal to curb tuberculosis infection in health care facilities. Better interventions aimed at improving tuberculosis prevention among nurses are needed. Such intervention will require a closer understanding of the influences on tuberculosis practices.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1322-7114
,
1440-172X
DOI:
10.1111/ijn.2018.24.issue-6
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
2018
ZDB Id:
2009434-6