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ATTITUDE OF NURSES AND BARRIERS TO NURSING PRACTICE AS DETERMINANTS OF INJECTION SAFETY PRACTICE AT SECONDARY HEALTH FACILITY IN AKWA IBOM NORTH- EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

ABSTRACT

The study assessed the attitude of nurses and barriers to nursing practice as determinants of injection safety practice at secondary health facility in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. This study employed a non-experimental descriptive method. This research was carried out in the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District of Nigeria.The population ofthe study consisted of 191 nursesin the 18 secondary healthcare facilities in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. A sample of ninety 90 nurses offering direct patient care out of 191 nurses were selected from nine out of 18 secondary healthcare facilities in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. A researcher designed instrument tagged “Awareness of Practice of Injection Safety and Safe Injection Practice Questionnaire (APISSIPQ) was used to collect data for the study. Validity was ensured through the use of well-structured questionnaire and validation by the supervisor and two lecturers in the Department of Nursing, University of Uyo, Uyo. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to evaluate the data, and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY) was utilized. The chi-square test was used to establish the association between the variables, and a p-value of 0.05 was selected forstatisticalsignificance. Thestudy showed that there is a strong correlation between safe injection methods and barriers to nursing practice—are accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. Based on the results, it is recommended that employees who reported suffering sharp injuries should be given support and counseling services.

KEYWORDS: Barriers,Nursing practice,Injection safety practice, and secondary health facility in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.

OKOKO, Enobong Ubong

KING-UK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC ANTHOLOGY, UNITED STATES, VOL.9 NO.1