FINAL BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 2019

School of Nursing and Midwifery Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais

competence. Furthermore, this group of nurses has no dedicated programme to enable a smooth transition from student to staff nurse within the Irish healthcare system. Aim: The aim of the study is to explore the experience and needs of newly qualified nursing graduates during their transition from student to nurse Methods: The pilot study was undertaken using a quantitative, descriptive, cross sectional design. A questionnaire was developed from the literature and distributed to newly qualified nurses in one hospital site . Results: Overall, 71% of newly graduated nurses reported feeling supported by their colleagues and nurse managers. However, less than half of the respondents agreed that they received adequate support from organisational management. Results from open- ended questions indicated a need for a (clinical) new graduate nurse support role. Additional training and education were welcomed for clinical skills, ethical issues, policy and professional development, with career planning viewed as a high priority. Conclusion: Data has been provided from an Irish perspective, to draw wider inference in the development of supports for new graduate nurses. The addition of a clinical nurse support role and a transition period may relieve stress, with further education on career planning essential for the survival of nursing, and retention of new nurse graduates. Josephine Hegarty 1 , Heloise Agreli 1 , Fiona Barry 2 , Aileen Burton 1 , Sile Creedon 1 , Jonathan Drennan 1 , Dinah Gould 3 , Carl May 4 , Maura Smiddy 2 , Michael Murphy 1 , Siobhan Murphy 1 , Eileen Savage 1 , Teresa Wills 1 , 1 Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. 2 School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. 3 School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. 4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom. Background: Clinical guidelines aim to improve the efficiency, quality and outcomes of patient care by ensuring that treatment recommendations are based on the best available evidence. Acquisition of a healthcare associated infection (HCAI) is one of the most frequent harmful events threatening patient safety globally. Thus healthcare systems seek to counteract this by implementing evidence based guidelines which aim to prevent HCAIs. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines are used and understood by healthcare professionals, patients and their families. Methods: Using an ethnographic approach, 59 hours of non-participant observations and 57 conversational interviews across four hospital sites, the team sought to explore the factors that contribute to, or complicate, appropriate implementation of HCAI

Implementation of infection prevention and control guidelines: an ethnographic study using Normalization Process Theory

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