A study: Evaluati̇on of compli̇ance wi̇th i̇solati̇on precauti̇ons of nurses worki̇ng at surgi̇cal uni̇ts before and after educati̇on

This study has been planned and performed as a descriptive and sectional study to evaluate the adaptation of nurses working in surgical departments to the isolation precautions. The target population of the study is: 250 nurses working during April-November 2016 in surgical departments of Namık Kemal University Health Research and Application Center, State and private hospitals in the Suleymanpasa county of Tekirdag province and a sample of 144 nurses volunteer to participate to the study meeting the sampling criteria. The data obtained from "Worker's data form" and "Adaptation Scale To the Isolation Precautions" developed by Tayran (2009) in line with the literature and expert's opinion, were evaluated by using appropriate statistical methods within SPSS 22.00 statistical package programme. The mean age of the surgical nurses participated to the study was 28,9 ±8,49, 91 % were women, 56,3 % university graduate, 58,3 being in profession less than five years, 81,9 being in the department less than five years, 32,6 % working in state hospital, 36,1 % in university hospital, 31,3 % in private hospitals, 34,7 % in the ward, 27,8 % in operating room, 37,52 % in intensive care. Immediately after the education, the adaptation score of the nurses to the isolation precautions were calculated 80.389±7.106 over 90 (p< 0,05). Consequently, the adaptation score of the nurses working in surgical departments, was higher than before the education. It has been suggested that the institution should support the adaptation of the nurses to the isolation precautions, education should be planned considering the professional characteristics of the nurses and the factors of the institution and this etraning should be repeated with regular intervals. Key words:Surgical Nurse, Education, Hospital Infection, Isolation Precautions, Adaptation