Suarnianti
Doctoral Program of Health Sciences, Airlangga University, STIKES Nani Hasanuddin Makassar, Indonesia
Tri Martiana
Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Nyoman Anita Damayanti
Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
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 72.1% 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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Suarnianti, Tri Martiana and Nyoman Anita Damayanti, 2016. Effects of Self-Justification on and Nurses Commitment to Reducing the Risk of Disease Transmission in Hospitals. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 15: 324-327.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.324.327
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.324.327
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2016.324.327
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2016.324.327
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