간호대학생의 코로나-19에 대한 지식, 태도, 감염예방행위가 신종감염병 환자 간호의도에 미치는 영향

The Influence of Nursing Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Infection Prevention Behaviors for COVID-19 upon the Nursing Intention for Patients with the Emerging Infectious Diseases

Purpose : This study is a descriptive survey research in order to grasp the influence of nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and infection prevention behaviors for COVID-19 upon the nursing intention for patients with the emerging infectious diseases. Methods : The convenience sampling was carried out in nursing students at 3 universities within Gyeonggi Province from October 25, 2020 to September 25. The questionnaire response data of finally 233 students were analyzed. Data analysis was used SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. Results : As for the findings, there was a positive correlation(r＝.143, p＝.046) between the knowledge(r＝.72, p＜.001), attitudes(r＝.68, p＜.001) & infection prevention behaviors(r＝.85, p＜.001) for COVID-19 and the nursing intention for patients with the emerging infectious diseases. Also, the influence upon the nursing intention for patients with the emerging infectious diseases was in order of infection prevention behaviors(β＝1.64, p＜.001), attitudes(β＝1.50, p＜.001) and knowledge(β＝.86, p＜.001) for COVID-19. Conclusion : Based on the results of this study, the development in an education intervention program is suggested that is available for increasing the understanding about emerging infectious diseases and for bringing about a positive attitude change targeting nursing students.