Factors influencing nursing students' intention to comply with infection control practices.

The purpose of this study was to examine how nursing students' intention to comply with infection control practices (ICPs) is affected by their awareness of ICPs and by their observations of staff nurses' noncompliance with ICPs. The subjects were 350 nursing students from 8 universities in Korea. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the predictive factors of compliance intention with ICPs. We found that nursing students' awareness of ICPs was the most significant influencing factor affecting their compliance with ICPs. Students' observation of staff nurses' noncompliance with ICPs was the second most significant influencing factor.