Effect of Education on Stress of Exposure to Sharps Among Nurses in Emergency and Trauma Care Wards.
BACKGROUND
Health care services can cause injuries to medical staff. One of these injuries is exposure to needle-sticks. This can result in the transmission of blood-borne diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis B; the staff undergo continuous stress. Thus, it is necessary to use some method to reduce this stress.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of education based on the stabilization model on stress induced exposure to needle sticks among nurses working in emergency and trauma wards.


METHODS
This Quast- Experiental Study was performed on 35 nurses working in emergency and trauma wards of our hospital in October-December 2013. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire; Reliability and validity of the questionnaire were confirmed (α = 0. 92 and ICC = 0.94).Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent t-test and paired sample t-test were also used.


RESULTS
The mean and standard deviation of stress experienced by nurses before and after the intervention were 64.94 ± 15.67 and 43.91 ± 10.73, respectively. Findings indicated that education decrease needle stick stress in nurses significantly (P < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
According to the results of this study, the stress level induced due to needle-stick exposure and its complications is high and interventions for reduction are essential.
Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Malihe Sadat
MS
Moayed
Nursing Department, Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hosein
H
Mahmoudi
Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Nursing Department, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Abbas
A
Ebadi
Nursing Department, Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi
MM
Salary
Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Zahra
Z
Danial
Early Intervention (Education); Emergency Service, Hospital; Needle-stick Injuries; Nurses; Stress Disorders, post Traumatic