Name :

Year : 2019

Major : Nursing Department of Sam Ratulangi University

Title : The Relation Between Workload and Preventing Needle-stick Injuries at GMIM Bethesda Public
Hospital Tomohon

Guided by Vanda Doda and Gresty N. M. Masi

(xii + 44 pages + tables + appendixes)

Workload appears when there is an interaction between task demands, work environment, competency,
behaviour, and perceptions of the worker. It can be defined as well as professionalism in many factors,
for example the tasks that they must fulfill. The aim of this research is to know the relation between
workload and preventing needle-stick injuries at GMIM Bethesda Public Hospital Tomohon. Research
method: this research uses a quantitative method with cross-sectional correlational approach by using
chi square test with 64 people as the population. Total sampling method is used. Conclusion: According
to the result using chi square statistic test, it shows that there is a relation between workload and
needle-stick injuries at GMIM Bethesda Public Hospital Tomohon with significant values = 0.000 < a 0.05.
Suggestion: It is expected that this research will become a reference for readers in order to know the
risks of needle-stick injury which caused by workloads. It is also expected that this research will help the
readers to learn the procedure of safe injection.

Keywords: Workloads, Preventing Needle-stick Injury.

Bibliography: 7 books + 21 journals