Knowledge regarding hospital acquired infections among nursing students

Abstract

The current study aimed to assess the knowledge of hospital acquired infections among nursing students of selected Nursing college of Punjab. The main objectives of this study included: To assess the level of knowledge regarding hospital acquired infections among nursing students of Selected Nursing College of Punjab. To find out the association of knowledge regarding hospital acquired infections among nursing students of selected Nursing College of Punjab with their socio- demographic variables. A quantitative research approach using descriptive research design was adapted for this study. The study was carried out with 150 Nursing Students selected by using convenient sampling technique at selected Nursing College, Punjab. Demographic Performa and Structured knowledge questionnaire were used to collect the data. The finding of the present study revealed that majority of Nursing students (70.7%) lied under Excellent and Good knowledge categories (i.e. 24% & 46.7% respectively). 19.3% nursing student have average knowledge and only 10% nursing student have below average knowledge.