2021 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 162-169
Effect of educational intervention in increasing the glove wearing rate among nurses when drawing blood and administering intravenous injections was examined. An assessment using a questionnaire on the wearing of gloves in drawing blood and administering intravenous injections was conducted for 218 nurses. The reasons for not wearing gloves were classified into three factors : lack of awareness, technical procedures, and knowledge of research articles. For each factor, to improve the thinking processes and instill a sense of self-efficacy, educational intervention was performed using various andragogy methods such as group discussions and video e-learning systems. Similar assessments were conducted at 3 months and 1 year and 3 months after the educational intervention.
Prior to intervention, the glove wearing rates were 55.6% and 50.3% for drawing blood and administering intravenous injections, respectively. A dull sensation in the fingertips was the main cause of negative responses. After intervention, the respective glove wearing rates for phlebotomy and administration of intravenous injections significantly increased to 77.8% and 73.2% at 3 months and to 86.2% and 84.5% at 1 year and 3 months. In the negative responses, technical factors were the dominant response in both timelines. These results indicated that the andragogy educational methods used to improve the thinking processes and establish a sense of self-efficacy effectively motivated the nurses to wear gloves and establish glove wearing behavior.
