간호사의 방사선 방어 지식, 태도 및 행위에 관한 연구 : 수술실과 중환자실 중심으로

• Published in: 방사선기술과학 Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 461 - 467
• Main Authors: 최정임, 양영옥, Choi, Jung-im, Yang, Young-Ok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한방사선과학회 01.12.2019
• Subjects: 방사선과학
• ISSN: 2288-3509; 2384-1168

The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of radiation protection in operating room and intensive care unit nurses. The Participants for this study consisted of 240 nurses working in operating rooms and intensive care units of 7 general hospitals located in Busan, South Korea. The data were collected from Feb. 15 to Feb. 29, 2016. The study results were as follows. First, 72.9% of the nurses had never been educated for radiation safety. Second, the mean score of knowledge for radiation protection was 9.21. The knowledge score of radiation safety educated nurses is higher than uneducated of nurses(t=-5.67, p<.001). Third, The mean score of attitude towards radiation protection was 41.80. The attitude score of radiation safety educated nurses is lower than uneducated of nurses(t=0.02, p<.030). Fourth, the mean score of behavior for radiation protection was 32.57. The behavior score of radiation safety educated nurses is higher than uneducated of nurses(t=0.35, p=.001). Consequently, it was found that nurses had lack of the radiation safety education. Overall knowledge and behavior towards radiation protection was low. Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness of radiation protection and to educate, manage, and improve processes to increasing compliance with protective measures against radiation.