Identifying Clinical Competencies Among Nursing Students: A Case of Thar Institute of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences

Abstract

To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention among undergraduate nursing students, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted; 103 participants were selected through a convenient sampling method. A well-structured questionnaire was used based on Catheter-associated urinary tract infection-related questions. The study is necessary to prevent CAUTIs through nursing education programs to tailor their curricula and training better. It also ensures that nursing students must be equipped with the most relevant and practical skills and knowledge. The majority of the respondents (100) were aged 20-25 years, and male students constituted a majority of 85.4%. Only 63.1% of participants had adequate knowledge of CAUTI prevention. Most 100 (97.1%) of the students correctly responded that wearing a pair of surgical gloves during the procedure handling decreases the risk of infection. At the same time, 94 (91.3.%) know hand washing before handling urinary catheterization decreases catheter-associated urinary tract infection. The recent study findings indicate that the majority of the student nurses studying at Thar Institute of Nursing and Allied Health Science Umerkot possess sufficient knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the prevention of catheter-associated infections.