The previous chapter has enlightened on the procedure for data collection, data instrument and ethical consideration. This chapter presents all the findings and how the data was analyzed. The researcher has used the questionnaire as a research instrument to carry out her data. The questionnaires were divided into three categories in which section A was composed of demographics, Section B - the causes of improper waste segregation. Lastly, section C about factors contributing to improper segregations. These questionnaires were answered by the second-year degree students at UNAM.
The researcher successfully administered 40 questionnaires with second year degree nursing students at the University of Namibia respectively. All the questionnaires were timely returned, and the questionnaires were answered. The findings on demographic statistic were only captured by questionnaires to second year degree students only.
Results:
Section A: Demographic data
This section illustrates the data analyses on demographic data and the results are as follows:
The data presented in figure 1 shows that the majority of the participant fall between the range of 22-30 with (32) 80%, 5 under the age of 21(12.5%), while 2 between the age of 31-39 (5%) and lastly only one from 40 +years (2.5%).
The second-year degree nursing students were asked to specify their gender as part of the data collection procedure and the results on this perspective can be summarized as below by figure 2.
The figure 2 above shows that the nursing students that participated in this study majority are female with the number of 39 (98%) and minority were male with 1 (2%).
The student nurses under this study were asked to mention their highest level of qualification. The summary on this perspective is shown below in figure 3:
The figure above shows that most of the participants have grade 12 as their highest qualification which are 38(95%) and this also shows that only 2 (5%) of the participants holds the diploma as their highest qualification.
Questionnaire on Causes of improper waste segregation
Table 1: Causes of Improper Waste Segregation (Participants Yes/No Views)
The following section represents data obtained from the study regarding the causes of improper waste segregation, the results are as follows Table 1:
Table 1: Causes of Improper Waste Segregation
Causes of improper waste segregation
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Yes
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No
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1.1 Nurses always tell students to throw waste everywhere.
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0 (0%)
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40(100%)
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1.2 Lack of knowledge on how to dispose the waste properly and unaware of color coding.
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29 (72.5%)
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11(27.5%)
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1.3 I saw nurses putting all type of waste in one plastic I thought it was the right way to dispose waste.
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38 (95%)
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2 (5%)
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1.4 I thought all waste as a collection belongs to one group of separation
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0(0%)
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40(100%)
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1.5 Some hospitals and clinics don’t have the necessary plastics for disposal.
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40(100%)
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0(0%)
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1.6 Student nurses were not taught from school neither given orientation in hospitals on how to dispose waste properly.
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20 (50%)
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20(50%)
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1.7 Cleaners at the hospitals does not give plastics to students for disposal.
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0 (0%)
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40 (100%)
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1.8 Sometimes waste is a lot to discard separately hence I put all in one plastic.
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2(5%)
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38(95%)
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1.9 There’s no infection control guide in the wards where I was allocated.
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35(87.5%)
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5(12.5%)
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1.10 There’s no guideline and standing orders at the clinics and hospital that encourage proper waste segregation.
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37(92.5%)
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3(7.5%)
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Table 1 above interpret on how the second-year degree nursing students at UNAM have answered the questions for section B.
1.1 The results in table 1 shows strongly that all 40 (100%) the respondents indicated that nurses don’t always tell the students to throw the waste everywhere.
1.2 On the lack of knowledge on how to dispose the waste properly and unaware of color coding, 29 (72.5%) participants have indicated yes, and only 11(27.5%) disagree to the statement.
1.3 The 38(95%) of participants have vindicated that they saw nurses putting all the type of waste in one plastic, so they thought is the right way to dispose the waste, while 2 (5%) respondents indicated no as an answer to that question.
1.4 All the participants 40(100%) disagree that they said that they thought all waste as a collection belongs to one group.
1.5 All the participants 40 (100%) have indicated that the hospitals don’t have necessary plastics for disposal.
1.6 20 (50%) of the participant have indicated that Student nurses were not taught from school neither given orientation in hospitals on how to dispose waste properly and the remaining half 20 (50%) did not agree to the statement.
1.7 All the second-year nursing degree students 40(100%) indicated that cleaners at the hospitals do give plastics to students for disposal.
1.8 Majority of the respondents 38(95%) indicated that sometimes waste is not lot to discard separately hence they don’t put all in one plastic and about 2(5%) agree to the statement.
1.9 With regard to infection control guide, 35(87.5%) participants indicated that there’s no infection control guide in the wards where I was allocated and about 5(12.5%) disagree to this statement
1.10 37(92.5%) respondents indicated that there’s no guideline and standing orders at the clinics and hospital that encourage proper waste segregation and 3(7.5%) said no to this statement.
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROPER WASTE SEGREGATION
QUESTIONNAIRE ON FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROPER WASTE SEGREGATION. On a scale of 1-4 (1=Strongly disagree; 2=Disagree;3=Neutral 4=Agree and 5=Strongly agree), (Please tick in the appropriate box to indicate your ratings)
Table 2 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROPER WASTE SEGREGATION
Statements
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Strongly disagree
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Disagree
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Neutral
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Agree
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Strongly agree
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1.1 I don’t know what waste segregation is.
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40(100%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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1.2 Some hospitals and clinics don’t have policies on color coding therefore we don’t know which plastics is for which waste.
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0 (0%)
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3(7.5%)
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2(5%)
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30(75%)
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5(12.5%)
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1.3Hospitals and clinics don’t have dustbins and plastics for disposal, so students are forced to dispose waste anywhere.
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40(100%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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1.4 The nurses in the hospitals and clinics always refuse to give student orientations on waste segregation.
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37(92.5%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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3(7.5%)
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0(0%)
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1.5 I am not aware that discarding soiled waste make cause health hazards.
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20(50%)
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17(42.5%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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3(7.5%)
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1.6 Some nurses get angry if we dispose waste properly since it’s the culture to dispose the way they want.
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40(100%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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1.7 I am always ignorant in disposing waste
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40(100%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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1.8 There is no signals /posters about color coding in the wards.
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20(50%)
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2(5%)
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0(0%)
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0(0%)
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18(45%)
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The students were asked to indicate on the questionnaire whether they strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree or strongly disagree. The following are the interpretation of the results presented in the above table 2.
1.1 I don’t know what waste segregation is, all the participants have answered n=40 (100%) strongly disagree.
1.2 Some hospitals and clinics don’t have policies on color coding therefore we don’t know which plastics is for which waste n=30(75%) agreed, n=5(12.5%) strongly agree, n=2 (5%) have disagreed, n=2 Neutral and n=0 strongly disagree showing that majority of the participant have agreed with the statement.
1.3Hospitals and clinics don’t have dustbins and plastics for disposal, so students are forced to dispose waste anywhere, the majority of the participants strongly disagree n=40(100%) to the statement.
1.4 The nurses in the hospitals and clinics always refuse to give student orientations on waste segregation n=37(92.5%) strongly disagrees, while n=3(7.5%) agree.
1.5 I am not aware that discarding soiled waste make cause health hazards=20(50%) strongly disagree, n=17(42.5%), and the remaining n=3(7.5%) agreed.
1.6 Some nurses get angry if we dispose waste properly since it’s the culture to dispose the way they want, n=40(100%) all the participants strongly disagreed to the statement.
1.7 I am always ignorant in disposing waste, n=40(100%), all the participants strongly disagreed to the statement.
1.8 There is no signals /posters about color coding in the wards. n=20(50%) strongly disagree=18(45%) strongly agreed, while n=2(5%) disagreed.