Nurses' interventions to reduce unwanted noise

DEMİRBAĞ B. C., HİNTİSTAN S., BAYRAK B.

JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.68, no.1, pp.112-114, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.112-114
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The study evaluated the nurses' interventions to reduce unwanted noise. This hospital-based, descriptive study was conducted at a Training Hospital in the Eastern part of Turkey, Trabzon, between 15-30 January 2016. It was participated by 248 volunteer nurses. Nurses express the noise of visitors (96.3%) on the first rank among the kinds of noise. The results of the study showed that most of the nurses were determined to use "a picture hanging technique on the wall" (53.2%) for preventing noise. No significant correlation was found between the descriptive characteristics of the nurses and nursing interventions to prevent noise (p>0.05). A significant difference was found between the nurses working in internal medicine and surgical service in terms of the effect of noise on their work (p<0.05).