Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Maternity Nurses Regarding Cord Blood Collection | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 58, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 798-807 PDF (294.55 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.234460 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nehad Hassan Ibrahim1; Nadia Fahmy2; Nadia Abd EL Hameed3; Walaa Fathy4 | ||
| 1B.C Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing | ||
| 4Lecturer of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Cord blood has many benefits in terms of transplantation due to its cell content; moreover, it has some other advantages. Aim: Assess knowledge of maternity nurses regarding cord blood collection and assess the attitude of maternity nurses regarding cord blood collection. Design: A descriptive design utilized in completing this study. Subject: A convenient sample used composed of 250 nurses who worked at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Tools: Interviewing questionnaire sheets to assess demographic characteristics of nurses, related nurse's awareness about cord blood collection and stem cells, and an attitude Likert scale was used to assess nurses' attitudes regarding cord blood collection and stem cells. Results: 63.2% of the studied nurses were had incorrect knowledge related to umbilical cord blood collection and 45.6% of the studied nurses have positive attitude with umbilical cord blood collection. Conclusion: there have been statistically significant differences between genders, age, qualification, and attending training courses related to stem cells. There are highly statistically significant relations between the attitude of studied nurses regarding umbilical cord blood collection and their age, their qualifications and years of experience, and there was a highly significant correlation between total knowledge score of studied nurses & their total attitude score regarding umbilical cord blood collection. Recommendation: Enhance Educational course and continual training about the use of stem cells must be implemented to the nurses and Investigate the nursing concerns regarding their practice of cord blood collection sample technique | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Knowledge; Attitude; Maternity nurse; Umbilical Cord; Cord Blood Collection; Stem Cells | ||
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