11th EORNA Congress Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 ePosters 62 Nurses confirmed similar problems experienced by patients and emphasized the importance of a non-tight, easy-to-wear vest that does not cause armpit discomfort and allows for size adjustments. Conclusion: Patients and nurses identified similar problems, and it was observed that these problems persisted beyond the initial postoperative period. These findings highlight the need for improvements in sternal vest design and the importance of incorporating patient and nurse suggestions. 326 Medical And Surgical Intensive Care Nurses’ Caring Behaviors Pakize ÖZYÜREK1 1, Öznur Kisacik2, İbrahim Kiliç3, Ahmet Akarsu4 1Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences university, Surgical Nursing, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, 2Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences university, Nursing, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, 3Afyon Kocatepe University, Biostatistics, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, 4Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences university, Graduate School of Education, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Background: There are differences between nurses in terms of their perceptions of care behaviors, and the educational status of nurses, professional satisfaction, and the values of their patients are important variables to be considered in terms of care behaviors. Objective: This study aimed to determine medical and surgical intensive care nurses’ caring behaviors. Methods: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional. No sampling was made and the whole population was targeted and was conducted between December and March 2023 with 121 nurses who work in the medical and surgical intensive care units of a university hospital. Data were collected using the Individual Introduction Form, the Caring Behaviors 24 Scale. The study was approved 2011-KAEK-2 ve 2022/579 number by the Clinical Research Ethics committee of a university. Descriptive statistical methods (mean, standard deviation, median, frequency, ratio, minimum, maximum) were used to analyze the datad. Furthermore, the Student t-test was applied for the quantitative comparison of two groups concerning normally distributed variables. A one-way ANOVA test was used for three or more groups with normal distribution. Results: 43.8% of the intensive care nurses who participated in the study were between 27 and 30 years. Of whom, 66.9% were females and 66.9% were undergraduates. The total mean score of the Caring Behaviors 24 Scale of Intensive Care Nurses was 5.32±0.683. The total mean score of the Caring Behaviors 24 Scale of Surgical Intensive Care Nurses was significantly higher. There was no found statistically significant between nurses’ age, gender, educational level, marital status, and Caring Behavior 24 Scale mean score. Conclusion: The mean scores of intensive care nurses on care behaviors were found to be high. It can be stated that intensive care nurses have perceptions of providing quality and safe care. 334 Hand Hygiene Beliefs and Practices among Nurses; A Cross-Sectional Study Oluwasegun Ganiyu Bakare1, Nurhan Bayraktar2 1Near East University, Faculty of Nursing, Nicosia-Mersin, 2Atilim University, School of Health Sciences, Ankara Background: Healthcare associated infections are related to significant morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs. The compliance of health care personals to hand hygiene will go a long way to control the spread of diseases and the reduction of health care induced complications. Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate nurses’ beliefs and practices regarding hand hygiene. Primary aim of the study was determination of the knowledge, belief and compliance of hand hygiene among nurses in North Cyprus. Secondary aim was investigation of association between descriptive characteristics and belief and practices of hand hygiene among nurses. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in two University hospitals from North Cyprus, between November-December 2020. Turkish revised version of Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and Hand Hygiene Practices Inventory was used for data collection. All voluntary nurses who work in medical and surgical clinics composed the sample of the study (a total of 80). Data were collected with self-completion method. Ethical committee approval and informed consent from the participants were obtained. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Chi-Square tests were used in data analysis.
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