Croatian Nursing Journal, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2024.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24141/2/8/2/4
How Much Nursing Students Know about Sepsis? – A Cross Sectional Study
Gloria Bešker
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Slijepčević
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Kristian Civka
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Ledinski
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Sabina Krupa
; Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences of the University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Stelios Iordanou
; Quality Assurance Department, State Health Services Organization, Cyprus
Andreas Protopapas
; Department of Health Sciences, European University, Cyprus
Maria Hadjibalassi
; Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Vasilios Raftopoulos
; Hellenic National Public Health Organization, Greece
Theodoros Katsoulas
; Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Adriano Friganović
orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-6464
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
*
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Introduction. Understanding sepsis is essential for its early detection and prompt treatment. Education on sepsis should begin during training, making it important to evaluate students’ knowledge. This research aimed to build on a previous study by exploring the level of sepsis knowledge among undergraduate nursing students and analyzing differences across academic years and study formats.
Methods. This cross-sectional study involved 419 nursing students from the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia. Participants included students from all three academic years, as well as both full-time and part-time (employed) nursing students. Data collection utilized a modified version of the sepsis knowledge questionnaire created by Eitze et al., while demographic details such as gender, age, employment status, and academic year were also recorded. The data were analyzed using SPSS (IBM, Version 25.0), employing the Chi-square test to assess statistical significance.
Results. Statistically significant differences were found in the percentage of third-year students providing correct answers related to sepsis knowledge when compared to first- and second-year students. Additionally, employed students demonstrated a significantly higher number of correct responses regarding the causes and symptoms of sepsis compared to their non-employed peers.
Conclusions. The capacity of nursing students to recognize and respond to a patient’s deterioration due to sepsis highlights the urgent need for comprehensive sepsis education. Our results indicate the need for greater integration of sepsis-related topics into the core nursing curriculum, particularly emphasizing practical training and simulation exercises to enhance early detection and management of sepsis.
Ključne riječi
sepsis, knowledge, nursing students
Hrčak ID:
326200
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.12.2024.
Posjeta: 0 *