Knowledge and Awareness of Nosocomial Infection Among Staff Nurses in Saudi Arabia

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Nursing Dept. (NRS)
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RESEARCH PROJECT
(2nd Semester 1439-1440)

PROJECT RUBRIC Description of AssignmentDescription of Assignment::
You are to locate research articles on your pre-approved topic. You are to write a 5 – 10 page summary the
general theme(s) of these articles as it pertains to your topic. A reference sheet, listing the articles should also
be included (this does not count toward your page limit). This summary should serve as the
background/foundation for your survey instrument. The typed summary should adhere to APA format.
Grading of AssignmentGrading of Assignment::
The following rubric will be used to assess your literature review. To calculate your grade, take your total
points earned and divide by 32 (the total points possible), resulting in a percentage. See the syllabus for the
corresponding letter grade.
Rubric:
RatingRating ScoreScore
44 33 22 11
ASSIGNMENT BASICS
Articles Information is gathered
from multiple, research-
based sources.
Information is
gathered from
multiple sources.
Information is
gathered from a
limited number of
sources.
Information is
gathered from a
single source.
SUMMARY
Theme
Well organized,
demonstrates logical
sequencing and structure.
Well organized, but
demonstrates
illogical
sequencing or
structure.
Weakly organized
with no logical
sequencing or
structure.
No organization,
sequencing, or
structure.
Background/
Foundation
Detailed conclusions are
reached from the evidence
offered.
Conclusions are
reached from the
evidence offered.
There is some
indication of
conclusions from
the evidence
offered.
No conclusions are
made from the
evidence offered.
Research
Question
Research question(s) are
formed through the
literature review and
clearly stated.
Research
question(s) are
formed through the
literature review.
Research
question(s) were
not formed but
could be formed
through the
literature review.
Research question(s)
were not formed and
are not apparent from
the literature review.
Reference
Sheet
Information is cited
properly and in APA
format.
Information is cited
properly.
Information is
cited, but has
errors.
Information is not
cited or is cited
incorrectly.
PRESENTATION
Length
Adheres to 5 – 10 page
criteria.
Exceed or does not
meet 5 – 10 page
criteria by ½ page
or less.
Exceed or does not
meet 5 – 10 page
criteria by ½ to 1
page.
Exceed or does not
meet 5 – 10 page
criteria by more than
1 page.
Format Font, spacing, and APA
format are correct.
Font and spacing,
font and APA, or
spacing and APA
are correct.
Font, spacing, or
APA format is
correct.
Font, spacing, and
APAP format are
incorrect.
Grammar
There is 1 or less
grammatical error.
There are 2
grammatical errors.
There are 3
grammatical errors.
There are 4 or more
grammatical errors.

TOTAL POINTSTOTAL POINTS
RESEARCH TITLE:
KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AMONG
STAFF NURSES IN SAUDI ARABIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:
Nosocomial infection refers to that infection which is associated with the hospital settings or with
other health care center. Therefore, the infection can be transmitted from the outpatient clinic,
rehabilitation center, nursing home and the susceptible patients of the hospital settings are mostly
affected by this infection. As the infection is associated with the hospital care settings, it is also
referred to as Hospital-acquired infection (HAI). It is mostly observed that, the nosocomial or HAI
appears in the health care facility or hospital patients. Therefore the infection may transmit during
the delivery of health care services and sometimes even after the discharge, the patient can be
affected by the nosocomial infection. Along with this, the infection can be transmitted among the
medical staffs such as nurses who are involved in the delivery of the care to the patients. Mostly, the
health care devices such as catheter, ventilators are assumed to be the source of such infection. It is
very crucial for the nurses and other medical staffs to maintain a proper hygienic condition in order
to provide a safe care environment to the patients of the hospital settings. In various studies it is
observed that, the density of nosocomial infection was almost 13.0 per 1000/ days in US. It is so
crucial to have knowledge about nosocomial infection as it is also associated the patient’s mortality
rate. In a study in Saudi Arabia comprised of 740 subjects, it was observed that, the 24.1% of the
total subject population has the infection (Gawad, 2017). So it is high time to create an adequate
knowledge and awareness among the staff nurses of the country in order to keep the health care
settings free from nosocomial infections. In this essay, the importance of having knowledge about
the infection among the nurses is discussed along with a design to conduct the literature review
regarding thus problem.
METHODOLOGY:
In order to conduct the literature review related to the nosocomial infection in the staff nurses of
hospital settings, a methodology should be identified. At first, a through literature search should be
conducted by using the key words such as ‘Nosocomial infection’, ‘ Hospital acquired infection or
HAI’, ‘ infection from hand hygiene’, ‘ awareness among the nurses’. From this search of literature
in the PubMed, Medline, Researchgate, CINAHL, almost 230 literature was shortlisted. After that,
almost 97 literature was excluded for irrelevant tittle with the topic. After that abstract screening was
performed of the remaining 133 articles and in this phase 60 papers were excluded as the abstracts
were not totally relevant to the topic. In the full text screening of those remaining paper that is 73
papers and in this phase, almost 53 papers were excluded from the search process. Finally, 20 articles

are selected and then a screening test was performed for the screening of methodology section. In
this section almost 15 papers were excluded and finally 5 articles were selected for the review of the
literature.
Exclusion Criteria
In this systematic review of the literature, only the cross sectional studies should be
used as and the studies must be performed in government or private hospital. The
studies which did not meet this criteria will be excluded from this study.
Inclusion Criteria
Only the subject population of 100 or more study population would be included in the
study.
Figure 1- Systematic Review Strategy for Searching Literature