Behavior of Indonesian Nurses Toward Non-Reported Needle Stick Injury in Saudi Arabia: A Phenomenological Study

Behavior of Indonesian Nurses Toward Non-Reported Needle Stick Injury in Saudi Arabia: A Phenomenological Study

health services, needle sticks injury (NSI), nurses, Saudi Arabia

Non-reported needle stick injury (NSI) is still a major problem faced by nurses when working in health
services in Saudi Arabia viewed from the perspective of occupational health and safety (OHS). Knowing the
behavior of nurses in the workplace can have implication for the OHS culture. Objective: To explore the behavior of
Indonesian nurses towards non-reported NSI in health services in Saudi Arabia. This study used a qualitative
method with a phenomenological approach. The research subjects used typical case sampling of 12 Indonesian nurses
who had work experience regarding NSI. In-depth interviews with structured questions were conducted with
respondents following guidelines for data analysis using a seven step analysis by Colaizzi and Nvivo software.
There were 13 categories from 4 themes found in this research about knowledge, behavior and skills also
management of exposure and post exposure. The behavior of Indonesian nurses towards non-reported needle stick
injury based on experience has been carried out even though on the behavior especially knowledge, attitude and skills also policy on management of needle stick injury needs improvement

Akhir Fahruddin, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Marthinus Sutena , Nurul Uswatin

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X7Jr5lhW-8oJymmxflCuPOaoZXtW7YOR

Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

2023

Sri Wahyuni

p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797

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