Effects of Self-Justification on and Nurses' Commitment to Reducing the Risk of Disease Transmission in Hospitals
Abstract: The inconsistencies in nurses' behaviors when they are applying standard precautions is a problem that has great potential to expose them to infectious diseases. Accordingly, nurses must be determined to consistently implement standard precautions; however, nurses tend to believe th...
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Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
2016
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| Summary: | Abstract: The inconsistencies in nurses' behaviors when they are applying standard precautions is a
problem that has great potential to expose them to infectious diseases. Accordingly, nurses must be
determined to consistently implement standard precautions; however, nurses tend to believe that their
previous actions provide an advantage because of reasons associated with self-justification. This study
aimed to investigate the effects of self-justification and the commitment of nurses to reducing the risk of
disease transmission in hospitals. This observational analysis applied a stratified random sampling
technique that was used to enroll 123 participants. The data were analyzed by simple linear regression. The
results showed that 72.1o/o of the nurses used external strategies of self-justification and had a weak
commitment, while 52.7% of the nurses used a strategy of internal self-justification and showed a strong
commitment. The simple linear regression results indicated that self-justification significantly influenced nurses' commitments to display contagion risk reduction behaviors (p = 0.000). This finding implies that nurses should enhance their internal self-justification strategies when experiencing gaps in commitment or when performing unsafe behaviors, which could strengthen their commitment to change high-risk
behaviors. |
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