Common Diseases

acquired by Selected
Nursing Students of Our
Lady of Fatima University
during their Hospital
Duties”
Abraham Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs
Self- • Safety and
Actualization Needs Security Needs
can be met by
Self-Esteem Needs having a
healthy mind,
soul and body
Love and Belonging Needs thru the
absence of
diseases.
SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS

Physiologic Needs
Stages of Illness Behavior

Stage 1. Symptoms Experience

Stage 2. Assumption of the
Sick Role
- where one excuses
himself from
normal duties and expectations
Stage 3. Medical Care Contact
Health Care Workers
(HCWs)
•Nurses accounts for about
80% of the direct care
that patients receive

•Nursing personnel
have the highest
percentage of job-
related health risk
rates of any
occupation
(Occupational Safety
and Health
Related Learning
Experience (RLE)
Objectives:

• To serve competency in the

promotion of health
• Prevention of illness
• Carry out the therapeutic programs
of the patients
• Give health guidance to patients in
the hospital, in the home, and in the
community
AIM OF THE STUDY

Identify the most common diseases

that Selected Nursing Students of
Our
Lady of Fatima University
acquired during their hospital duties
and
the Preventive Strategies they used
during
 Conceptual Framework
Identification and Prevention of the
Most Common Disease acquired by
Selected Nursing Students of
Our Lady of Fatima University
during their Hospital Duties

Identification of the
Most Common Diseases
Respondents Profile
•Name Etiology of the Diseases
•Gender
Prevention of the Diseases
Number of Cases w/ Nursing
Students Having the Disease
Consequences
•Capacity of the effectiveness
of performance during
hospital rotation
•Severity of disease
acquired
•Effect on self-esteem
of students
•Capacity to carry out duties
in the hospital

Sources of information
about the disease

Strategies used by the

Preventive Strategies taken by the
Selected OLFU Nursing
Selected Nursing Students of OLFU
Students to avoid
from acquiring the most common
Nosocomial infection
disease
 Research Paradigm
•Common diseases acquired by the
Selected OLFU Nursing Students
during their hospital duties
•Preventive strategies used by the
Selected OLFU Nursing Students
during their hospital duties

• Conducted a survey from selected OLFU Nursing Students

Using questionnaires
• Used the percentage formula in determining the percentage
Of the frequency of the disease and the frequency of the
Effectiveness of the preventive measures used
• Used the weighted mean formula in determining the rate
Of effectiveness of the preventive measures used
• Use the chi-squared formula in determining the significant
difference between common diseases acquired by Male and
Female Nursing Students and the preventive strategies done by
Male and Female OLFU Nursing Students from acquiring these
Diseases during their hospital duties

Identification and Prevention of the

Most Common Diseases
Acquired by the Selected
Nursing Students of Our Lady
Of Fatima University during their
Hospital Dutiess
Statement of the
Problem
1. What were the most common diseases
acquired by the Selected OLFU Nursing
Students during their hospital duties?
2. What was the most effective preventive
strategy done by the Selected OLFU Nursing
Students from acquiring these diseases during
their hospital duties?
3. Was there a significant difference between
the common diseases acquired by the male
and the common diseases acquired by the
female Our Lady of Fatima Nursing Students?
4. Was there a significant difference between the
effectiveness of the preventive strategies
done by the male and the effectiveness of the
preventive strategies done by the female Our
Lady of Fatima Nursing Students from
Hypotheses
Null Hypotheses Alternative Hypotheses
• There was no significant • There was a significant
difference between the difference between the
common disease acquired common disease acquired
by the male and the by the male and the
common disease acquired common disease acquired
by the female Our Lady of by the female Our Lady of
Fatima University Nursing Fatima University Nursing
students. Students.
• There was no significant • There was a significant
difference between the
difference between the
effectiveness of the
effectiveness of the preventive strategies
preventive strategies done done by the male and the
by the male and the effectiveness of the
effectiveness of the preventive strategies
preventive strategies done done by the female Our
by the female Our Lady of Lady of Fatima University
Fatima University Nursing Nursing Students from
Students from acquiring acquiring these diseases
Methods of Research
RESEARCH DESIGN – Descriptive Research
(Quantitative)
POPULATION AND LOCALE OF THE
STUDY - 25 male and 25 female Nursing
students currently enrolled in Our Lady of
Fatima University, Quezon City and
already exposed to hospital duties
DATA GATHERING TOOLS - questionnaires
were composed of 3 parts, namely:
Respondents Profile, Most Common
Diseases Acquired and Ways of
Prevention.
 Treatment of Data

Percentage Weighted Mean Chi-Squared

Formula Formula Formula

P = F x 100 X² = Σ ( o - e ) ²
WM = Σfx
N e
N

where: where:
where:
P = percentage
F = frequency WM = weighted
WM = weighted
N =number of mean
mean
respondents f = frequency
f = frequency
of
of score
score
x = raw score
x = raw score
N = total number
N = total
of
number
Conclusions
• The most common diseases acquired by the Our
Lady of Fatima University Nursing Students is cough
(35.48%), where 41.03% is on males and 31.48% is
on females. Followed by colds (30.11%), where
35.90% is on males and 25.93% is on females. And
third is Tuberculosis (TB) (10.75%), where 7.69% is
on males and 12.96% is on females.
• The Most effective prevention used by the Our Lady
of Fatima University nursing students from acquiring
such disease is handwashing which is highly
effective to all, regardless of gender.
• There was a significant difference between the
common disease acquired by male and the common
disease acquired by female Our Lady of Fatima
University Nursing Students.
• There was a significant difference between the
effectiveness of the preventive strategies done by
the male and the effectiveness of the preventive
strategies done by the female Our Lady of Fatima
University Nursing Students from acquiring these
 Recommendations
• Those nursing students who are and who will undergo
hospital duties or internship must equip themselves with
the necessary preventive measures to prevent from
acquiring the most common diseases such as coughs,
colds, TB and others. And since the most common
disease is about respiratory problem, which is a
contagious disease, we recommend that the nurses must
at all times, if possible, keep a 3 feet distance among
patients.
• Students must always perform handwashing before,
during, after or as long as necessary to prevent from
acquiring and transmitting diseases, since handwashing
has been a highly effective prevention for nursing
students based on our study. It is also the oldest,
simplest, and cheapest way to control the spread of
infectious organisms.
• The female nursing students must be more careful in
doing hospital duties since they are more susceptible in
acquiring diseases than the male nursing students. They
must look for other ways of prevention and or combine
one ore more preventive strategies to boost their
immune system.
• The effectiveness of the preventive strategies on male is