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EFFECT OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERSITICS OF NURSES ON INJECTION SAFETY PRACTICE AND AI-ASSISTED KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH AND FITNESS FACILITIES

ABSTRACT

The study analyzed the effect of socio-demographic characteristic of nurses on injection safety practice and AI-assisted knowledge of health and fitness facilities at secondary health facility in Akwa Ibom state. This study employed a non-experimental descriptive method. This research was carried out in the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District of Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of 191 nurses in the 18 secondary healthcare facilities in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. A sample of ninety 90 nurses offering direct patient care out of 191 nurses were selected from nine out of 18 secondary healthcare facilities in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. A researcher designed instrument tagged “Awareness of Practice of Injection Safety and Safe Injection Practice Questionnaire (APISSIPQ) was used to collect data for the study. Validity was ensured through the use of well-structured questionnaire and validation by the supervisor and two lecturers in the Department of Nursing, University of Uyo, Uyo. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to evaluate the data, and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY) was utilized. The chi-square test was used to establish the association between the variables, and a p-value of 0.05 was selected for statistical significance. The study showed that there is a substantial correlation between nurses' awareness of related safety concerns and safe injection techniques—is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. In conclusion, socio-demographic characteristics such as age, experience, gender, and education significantly influence nurses’ injection safety practices and their knowledge of health and fitness facilities. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended that in order to avoid workplace hazards and the transmission of infectious diseases that could be brought on by hazardous injection techniques, nurses should keep up their injection safety measures.

KEYWORDS: Socio-Demographic Characteristic, Nurses, Injection Safety Practice, Health and Fitness Facilities and Akwa Ibom State

OKOKO, Enobong Ubong AND UDOBONG, Henry Morrison

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN HEALTH SYSTEMS AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, VOL 3 NO. 1