Effect of focused nursing training on infection control measures on nurses’ practice for patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Table 1 Distribution of the studied nurses according to their demographic data (n = 30)

Demographic data	n	%
Gender
Male	11	36.7
Female	19	63.3
Age
20-25	14	46.7
25-30	12	40
30-35	4	13.3
Residence
Rural	15	50
Urban	15	50
Qualifications
Diploma	3	10
Institute	26	86.7
Bachelor degree	1	3.3
Years of experience
1-3 years	2	6.7
3-5 years	13	43.3
5-10 years	9	30
> 10 years	6	20
Training attendance
No	20	66.7
Yes	10	33.3
Type (n = 10)	10	100
Infection control
Duration (n = 10)	10	100
Duration (2 hours)

Table 2 Nursing practice regarding care of patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (n = 30)

Variables		Mean	SD	P value
Total preoperative	Pre	5.2333	5.40551	0.0001
	Post	16.9333	1.41259
Total intraoperative	Pre	30.4333	13.15343	0.080
	Post	37.4000	16.94128
Total immediate postoperative	Pre	11.4333	2.34423	0.006
	Post	14.3667	5.16275
Total post-operative wound dressing	Pre	13.5667	3.84782	0.571
	Post	14.3000	5.89652
Percutaneous nephrostomy care	Pre	11.6667	5.05373	0.234
	Post	13.5667	7.03039
Intravenous cannula care	Pre	7.4667	3.35007	0.174
	Post	8.9667	4.94440
Total urinary catheter care	Pre	12.0000	4.69042	0.501
	Post	12.9667	6.26145
Total infection control measures	Pre	55.5000	9.16797	0.0001
	Post	70.3333	2.84464
Total save injection	Pre	18.1333	8.86968	0.108
	Post	21.9667	9.30140
Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette	Pre	60.3333	6.23855	0.0001
	Post	72.8000	2.64445
Total performance	Pre	225.7667	24.28237	0.0001
	Post	283.6000	15.37710

Table 3 Relationship between nurses’ practices and the demographic characteristics of the studied nurses (n = 30), n (%)

Demographic data	Nurses’ practices				P value
	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention
	Inadequate	Adequate	Inadequate	Adequate
Gender
Male	11 (36.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	11 (36.7)	0.129
Female	14 (46.7)	5 (16.7)	0 (0.0)	19 (63.3)
Age
20-25	12 (40.0)	2 (6.7)	0 (0.0)	14 (46.7)	0.483
25-30	9 (30.0)	3 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	12 (40.0)
30-35	4 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (13.3)
Address
Rural	11 (36.7)	4 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	15 (50.0)	0.330
Urban	14 (46.7)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	15 (50.0)
Education level
Diploma	3 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (10.0)	0.060
Institute	22 (73.3)	4 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	26 (86.7)
Bachelor	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)
Years of experience
1-3 years	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (6.7)	0.286
3-5 years	10 (33.3)	3 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	13 (43.3)
5-10 years	9 (30.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	9 (30.0)
> 10 years	5 (16.7)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	6 (20.0)