Determinants of student nurses’ self-assessed TB/HIV coinfection care skill-competence in Accra, Ghana

摘要

BackgroundGraduating student nurses as the future workforce are expected to possess the requisite skill-competence to care for TB/HIV coinfected patients. However, few studies have investigated the self-assessed TB/HIV coinfection care skill-competence of graduating student nurses and its determinants in Accra, Ghana.PurposeThis study investigated final year student nurses’ self-assessed TB/HIV coinfection care skill-competence and its determinants.MethodsThis was a descriptive cross-sectional survey among Bachelor of Science in nursing (n?=?112) and Diploma in nursing (n?=?236) students in their final year of training in four (4) nursing training institutions using convenience sampling technique. Descriptive, independent t and Kruskal Wallis mean rank statistical tests were conducted to identify determinants.ResultsTB/HIV coinfection care skill-competencies were low. Determinants of TB/HIV coinfection care skill-competence were age (r?=?0.110, p?=?.048), duration of managing patients (r?=?0.219, p?=?.005) and ownership of nursing training institution (p?=?.005). Other factors included student nurses’ previous experience working in a TB health facility (p?