Investigate Technical Institution Student Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Concerning Uterine Malignancy | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 15, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 193-206 PDF (317.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.16810 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amal M1; Kamilia R2; Eman M2; Amal F2 | ||
| 1B.SC. Nursing science, Maternity & Neonatal Nursing, Maternity & Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Maternity & Neonatal Nursing, Maternity & Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was aimed to: Investigate student nurse's knowledge and attitude concerning uterine malignancy.Research design: A descriptive study design was used. Sample: convenient sample of 200 students was obtained from technical institute of nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University. Tools: First tools, Self administered questionnaire schedule to assess student nurses’ general characteristics and their knowledge regarding uterine malignancy. Second tool, questionnaire to assess student nurses' attitude regarding uterine malignancy. Results: (46%) among studied students had correct knowledge while (54%) among studied students had incorrect knowledge about uterine malignancy, more than 42% of studied students were reported the source of their knowledge was from education. (88.5%)among studied students had positive attitude toward uterine malignancy. There were statistically significant differences between studied students sex, marital status, academic year, qualification and knowledge. There were statistically significant difference between studied student marital status and attitude regarding uterine malignancy. There were statistically significant positive correlation between total studied student's knowledge and total studied student's attitude. Conclusion: More than two fifth of studied student's had correct knowledge and Majority among studied students had positive attitude toward uterine malignancy. The study recommended that; the undergraduate technical institute curriculum must be revised and the issue of uterine malignancy must be integrated in the undergraduate course specs. Further research are needed to investigate student nurses' practical skills regarding care of women with uterine malignancy at gynecological oncology department | ||
| Keywords | ||
| uterine malignancy – knowledge; Attitude | ||
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