Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and behaviour of student nurses towards employee security

It is important that health workers are informed about occupational health and safety precautions. It is aimed to reduce the number of occupational accidents and occupational diseases that may occur in the future by increasing the knowledge and awareness about the safety of nursing students working in clinical application fields. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge and awareness of the nurses about working safety Material and Method: The research was conducted with 315 students who were studying at the nursing school and who agreed to participate in the research. The data were gathered by the questionnaire form with the approval of the institution and approval of the ethics committee. The questionnaires were evaluated using the SPSS 22.0 program. Results: When the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of the students about working security were examined, it was found that 66% of them did not receive training on working security, there was a statistically significant difference between the training and the classes (p <0,05), 85,7% of them do not read the occupational health and safety law, 70,2% of them knew the necessary precautions for work accidents, There was a statistically significant difference between the measures to be taken for work accidents and the classes read (p <0,05), 93,3% of them knew that they had to make a notification in case of work accidents, As a risk in terms of employee safety; 94,6% of them using gloves as working safety precautions, 80% of them infectious diseases and 72,7% of them cutter drill tool injuries are determined. Conclusion: It is necessary to increase the knowledge of the occupational health and safety of the students. Therefore; students should be encouraged to use visual learning techniques and simulation application methods as well as their theoretical training on the subject.