Nursing students’ knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward the?first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accident trauma: A cross-sectional survey

摘要

ObjectivesThe purpose of the study was to investigate the nursing students’ levels of the knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in road traffic accident and the related factors.MethodsA total of 475 nursing students were recruited by convenience choosing in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The nursing students’ self-efficacy, core self-evaluation, knowledge, willingness and attitudes toward first aid behavior as bystanders in traffic accidents were investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.ResultsThe scores of knowledge, willingness, and attitudes toward first aid behavior in traffic accident trauma were 7.51?±?1.93, 15.54?±?5.03, and 7.73?±?1.56, respectively. Students who once gained training of first aid showed lower levels of attitude toward first aid behavior than those untrained (t?=??2.345,P?=?0.019). It was found that self-efficacy was correlated to the knowledge (r?=?0.150,P?