Promoting coping competence for psychological stressors in nursing training: a controlled pedagogical intervention.

Background: Multiple stressors as well as health-and quality-impairing effects of strain in the nursing profession require the systematic acquisition of competence in dealing with these demands, starting at the stage of initial vocational training. This study investigates whether an instructional design, which merges didactic principles of nursing education with concepts and training measures from stress psychology, promotes the acquisition of stress coping competence more effectively than regular teaching on the relevant curricular field at nursing schools.

Methods: The quasi-experimental study design, based on the Solomon four-group plan, included 332 trainees in Germany.

Knowledge about Hand Hygiene and Related Infectious Disease Awareness among Primary School Children in Germany.

Hand hygiene is a cornerstone of infection prevention. However, few data are available for school children on their knowledge of infectious diseases and their prevention. The aim of the study was to develop and apply a standardized questionnaire for children when visiting primary schools to survey their knowledge about infectious diseases, pathogen transmission and prevention measures.