Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the nursing students’ levels of the knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in road traffic accident and the related factors. Methods: A total of 475 nursing students were recruited by convenience choosing...
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| author | Li Pei Fangfang Liang Shiquan Sun Hongwu Wang Haoying Dou |
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| description | Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the nursing students’ levels of the knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in road traffic accident and the related factors. Methods: A total of 475 nursing students were recruited by convenience choosing in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The nursing students’ self-efficacy, core self-evaluation, knowledge, willingness and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accidents were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire. Results: The scores of knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior in traffic accident trauma were 7.51 ± 1.93, 15.54 ± 5.03, and 7.73 ± 1.56, respectively. Students who once gained training of first aid showed lower levels of attitude toward first aid behavior than those untrained (t = −2.345, P = 0.019). It was found that self-efficacy was correlated to the knowledge (r = 0.150, P < 0.001), willingness (r = 0.182, P < 0.004) and attitudes toward behavior of the first aid (r = 0.371, P < 0.001) among nursing students. Core self-evaluation was correlated to knowledge (r = 0.193, P < 0.001) and attitudes toward behavior of the first aid (r = 0.199, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The first aid knowledge among nursing students was not satisfactory. The study suggested that an unsustainable short first-aid training program may bring negative effects. Countermeasures should be taken to ensure both quality and continuity of first aid training. Meanwhile, more attention should be paid to improving the self-efficacy and core self-evaluation of the nursing students. Keywords: Attitude, Accidents, Traffic, First aid, Knowledge, Self-assessment, Self- efficacy, Students, Nursing |
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| spelling | doaj.art-abf0d63c550a45eca8f6865c69f8478d2022-12-22T01:55:29ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences2352-01322019-01-01616569Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional surveyLi Pei0Fangfang Liang1Shiquan Sun2Hongwu Wang3Haoying Dou4Department of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, ChinaAcupuncture and Tuina Department, Tianjin Beichen North Gate Hospital, Tianjin, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; Corresponding author.Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the nursing students’ levels of the knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in road traffic accident and the related factors. Methods: A total of 475 nursing students were recruited by convenience choosing in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The nursing students’ self-efficacy, core self-evaluation, knowledge, willingness and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accidents were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire. Results: The scores of knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior in traffic accident trauma were 7.51 ± 1.93, 15.54 ± 5.03, and 7.73 ± 1.56, respectively. Students who once gained training of first aid showed lower levels of attitude toward first aid behavior than those untrained (t = −2.345, P = 0.019). It was found that self-efficacy was correlated to the knowledge (r = 0.150, P < 0.001), willingness (r = 0.182, P < 0.004) and attitudes toward behavior of the first aid (r = 0.371, P < 0.001) among nursing students. Core self-evaluation was correlated to knowledge (r = 0.193, P < 0.001) and attitudes toward behavior of the first aid (r = 0.199, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The first aid knowledge among nursing students was not satisfactory. The study suggested that an unsustainable short first-aid training program may bring negative effects. Countermeasures should be taken to ensure both quality and continuity of first aid training. Meanwhile, more attention should be paid to improving the self-efficacy and core self-evaluation of the nursing students. Keywords: Attitude, Accidents, Traffic, First aid, Knowledge, Self-assessment, Self- efficacy, Students, Nursinghttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013218300152 |
| spellingShingle | Li Pei Fangfang Liang Shiquan Sun Hongwu Wang Haoying Dou Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey International Journal of Nursing Sciences |
| title | Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | nursing students knowledge willingness and attitudes toward the first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma a cross sectional survey |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013218300152 |
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