Effectiveness of Hand Hygiene Education in a Basic Nursing School Curricula

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-159

  Kelcíkova, Simona ^a   Skodova, Zuzana ^a   Straka, Stefan ^a  

^a University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Basic nursing education; Compliance; Content analysis; Hand hygiene; Hand washing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857645187     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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