2020 Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 57-68
〔Aims〕The purpose of this study was to show the injection skills that new nurses should learn and the points that should be investigated in basic nursing education.
〔Methods〕Nursing schools with 3-year programs and hospitals with at least 200 beds were randomly selected by prefecture. Questionnaire surveys were then mailed to 208 nursing teachers and 355 new nurse trainers at these institutions who agreed to cooperate in the study. The questions covered matters common to all injection techniques and matters specifically related to subcutaneous injections, intradermal injections, intramuscular injections, and intravenous injections. Subjects were asked their thoughts on whether these injection skills should be learned in basic nursing education.
〔Results〕Responses were received from 145 nursing teachers （response rate 69.7%） and 256 new nurse trainers （response rate 72.1%）. In both groups, average values were high for questions on hand washing at the appropriate timing, maintaining a clean environment, sterilizing the injection site, and checking for medication error. There were differences in attitude with regard to puncture and insertion skills with students as subjects （all p<.01）.
〔Conclusions〕Techniques to prevent infection and medication error need to be learned in basic nursing education. Future investigation of effective educational methods for techniques that involve physical invasion is also needed.
