Challenges in Nursing Students’ Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices - Effective Teaching Methods : A Descriptive Literature Review
Gabiola, Kaysha; Labitigan, John (2022)
2022
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Correctly executed hand hygiene by all health care professionals, including the nursing students, in all health care environments is vital as it is one of the main methods in infection prevention and control. To assure nursing students’ understanding of the importance of hand hygiene and full compliance with hand hygiene practices, it is necessary to acknowledge the possible challenges impacting nursing students in this matter. By understanding the challenges faced, it is possible to explore the most effective teaching methods regarding hand hygiene.
This study aims to describe the challenges that nursing students encounter regarding their compliance in hand hygiene practices. It also seeks to describe the teaching methods in order to produce or recommend techniques that will ensure better knowledge comprehension and skills retention among nursing students.
The data for this descriptive literature review was collected from CINAHL and PubMed databases. 13 articles were selected to be analysed based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria that was set prior the database search. The articles were analysed by using inductive content analysis and the results were organised into numerous generic categories and two main categories answering the research questions. The research questions being as follows; ‘’what are the challenges regarding compliance with hand hygiene practices amongst nursing students’’ and ‘’what teaching methods ensure nursing students’ compliance and retention of hand hygiene practices’’.
The analysed data disclosed that poor role models, inadequate level of knowledge and training as well as poor attitudes of nursing students towards hand hygiene were some of the main challenges impacting nursing students’ compliance with hand hygiene practices. Whereas traditional teaching methods were found not to be sufficient. For teaching to be effective more education should be provided in the form of seminars together with usage of hand scanners, simulations as well as cooperative learning methods. Thus, the literature review showed that further education in different forms on hand hygiene is required to increase the nursing students’ knowledge and increased compliance with hand hygiene practices.
This study aims to describe the challenges that nursing students encounter regarding their compliance in hand hygiene practices. It also seeks to describe the teaching methods in order to produce or recommend techniques that will ensure better knowledge comprehension and skills retention among nursing students.
The data for this descriptive literature review was collected from CINAHL and PubMed databases. 13 articles were selected to be analysed based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria that was set prior the database search. The articles were analysed by using inductive content analysis and the results were organised into numerous generic categories and two main categories answering the research questions. The research questions being as follows; ‘’what are the challenges regarding compliance with hand hygiene practices amongst nursing students’’ and ‘’what teaching methods ensure nursing students’ compliance and retention of hand hygiene practices’’.
The analysed data disclosed that poor role models, inadequate level of knowledge and training as well as poor attitudes of nursing students towards hand hygiene were some of the main challenges impacting nursing students’ compliance with hand hygiene practices. Whereas traditional teaching methods were found not to be sufficient. For teaching to be effective more education should be provided in the form of seminars together with usage of hand scanners, simulations as well as cooperative learning methods. Thus, the literature review showed that further education in different forms on hand hygiene is required to increase the nursing students’ knowledge and increased compliance with hand hygiene practices.