Nursing Performance Regarding Care of Children Suffering from Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 217-227 PDF (315.97 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.251528 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mohamed, R. A.1; Al-Rafay, S. S.2; Fathy, Z.2 | ||||
| 1B, Sc. Nursing Sciences 2004, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the serious public health problems with severe impact on various facets of human life. Aim: Assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses regarding care of children suffering from HIV/AIDS. Design: A descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at department number (1), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and dialysis unit in Homyat Hospital in EL-Abassia affiliated to Ministry of Health and Population. Subject: A convenience sample which included 100 nurses who are caring of children suffering from HIV/AIDS, also included 68 children suffering from HIV Tools: two tools were used to collect data: 1) A pre designed questionnaire format to assess the characteristics of the study subjects, nurses knowledge, reported nursing care, preventive measure to prevent spread HIV and their attitude. 2) Nurses practices (observational checklists). Results: The majority of the studied nurses had a good knowledge regarding care of children suffering from HIV/AIDS. While more than half of them had a negative attitude. In addition all of them had incompetent practices regarding care of children with AIDS. Conclusion: the majority of the studied nurses had a good knowledge. More than half of the studied nurses had a negative attitude. Moreover, all of the studied nurses had incompetent practice regarding care of children with AIDS. Recommendation: Provide educational programs about attitude and practice of nurses regarding care of children suffering from HIV/AIDS. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| HIV/AIDS; nursing performance and children | ||||
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