Effect of Orientation Program on Undergraduate Nursing Student's Performance regarding Blood Donation | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 112, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 1586-1600 PDF (589 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.247318 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Heba Abd El Reheem Abd El Reheem Abd El Reheem1; Eman Fadl Abd Elkhalik2; Asmaa Daifallah Mehany Mohamed3; Bedour Adel Mohamed Ibrahim4; Wafaa Mohamed Elsayed Ahmed5 | ||
| 1Lecturer in Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 2Assistant professor at Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| 3Lecturer at Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University. | ||
| 4Lecturer at Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| 5Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Misr University of Science and technology | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Despite the growing demand for blood and its products, some people, particularly the youth, are reluctant to donate blood. Aim: To evaluate the effect of the orientation program on undergraduate nursing students' performance regarding blood donation. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt on the undergraduate nursing students. Subjects: The sample consisted of convenient 900 undergraduate nursing students selected from the previous setting. Tool: A self-administered related questionnaire was designed using an electronic survey (Google form) which included four parts: Part I: undergraduate nursing students' demographic characteristics, Part 2: undergraduate nursing students' knowledge regarding blood donation, Part 3: undergraduate nursing students' attitudes regarding blood donation, Part 4: undergraduate nursing students' practices regarding blood donation. The link to the survey was sent to the respondents via WhatsApp groups. Results: The study result revealed that more than one third of studied undergraduate nursing students had a poor level of knowledge, and more than half of them had an inadequate level of practice about blood donation before the implementation of the program. The majority of students had a good level of knowledge and most of them had a satisfactory level of practice after implementing the program. There was a highly statistically significant difference and improvement in undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, attitude, and practice after program implementation than pre-implementation. Conclusion: The findings of the study concluded that orientation program had positive effects on improving undergraduate nursing students' performance regarding blood donation. Recommendations: The study recommended organized blood donation orientation program are required to increase undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward blood donations. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Blood donation; Undergraduate nursing students; Performance | ||
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