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Abstract
Background: Nurse interns face a wide range of hazards in hospitals including needle stick injuries, back injuries, latex allergy, and stress. Aim: This study aims at identifying the effect of training program regarding occupational health hazards on nurse interns’ knowledge, practice and attitude. Design: Aquasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at four hospitals affiliated to Ain Shams University. Subjects: The subjects of this study included 91 nurse interns. Tools of data collection: Data were collected using four tools namely: Need assessment sheet, Self-administered questionnaire, observation checklist, and attitude scale. Results: There were high statistically significant differences among nurse interns in total knowledge and total practice regarding occupational health hazards throughout program phases. There was a highly statistically significant difference in total attitude towards protection from hazards throughout the program phases. Conclusion: Implementation of the training program led to significant improvements in nurse interns’ knowledge, practice, and attitude regarding occupational health hazards. Recommendations: conducting training program about occupational health hazards for nurse interns and especially about protective measures, development, and dissemination of policies and guidelines of safety practices, occupational hazards strategies for prevention & elimination have to be included in nursing education curriculum.