EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF NURSING STUDENTS RECEIVING DISASTER AND FIRST AID TRAINING ON TRIAGE PRACTICES DURING DISASTER: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Abstract

This research was planned as a quasi-experimental to evaluate the effect of first aid training received by nursing students on their knowledge level of triage practices. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design. The sample of the research consisted of 53 nursing students. The data was collected between October and December 2019 and the "Student Introduction Form" and "Information Form on the Three-Category Triage System" were used. A pre-test was administered to the students before receiving first aid training, and it was administered again after receiving disaster and first aid training for 6 weeks. The average age of the students was 21.41±1.24 years, 66% were female, and 56.6% of the students stated that they were Anatolian high school graduates. While the first aid and disaster knowledge score of nursing students before the training was 3.81 ± 1.50, this score was 5.39 ± 1.30 after the training. The difference between the students' average triage knowledge scores before and after the first aid course was found to be statistically significant (p=0.001). According to this research, it was determined that the theoretical and practical training given to nursing students during their undergraduate education positively affected the students' first aid and disaster management knowledge levels.