A STUDY ON STUDENT'S FEELING AND ATTITUDE TOWARD FAMILY HEALTH CARE AT FACULTY OF NURSING, ASSIUT UNIVERSITY دراسة شعور واتجاھات طالبات کلية التمريض بجامعه أسيوط تجاه الرعاية الصحية لألسرة

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:
The study aimed to determine students feeling and attitude toward family health care through
home visits at Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University. This study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing
Assiut University. The total sample size was136 fourth year students. Self administered questionnaire
was designed by the researchers to collect the data needed for the study. It consists of three main
parts. The first part was concerned with personal characteristics of study sample. The second part
included open ended questions regarding student's feelings before family visits, students' feeling after
preparation for family visit and during family visits. The third part included questions about student's
feelings after doing family visits, feeling safe during family visits. Also the reasons of their feeling safe
and unsafe during family visits. As well as student's willingness to choice community health nursing as
a carrier and the reasons for agree and disagree to be a community health nurse. Also attitude scale
used to measure students attitude toward benefits of home visit training, importance of pre- field
training and the impact of home visit training. Data was collected during the period from the beginning
of November 2008 to the end of March 2009. Results of the present study revealed that most of the
study sample in the age category 21 to 23 years (61.8%) and (53.7%) of them were resident in rural
areas, (49.3%) of their fathers were employees and (76.5%) of their mothers were house wives. Before
preparation for family visits (89.0%) had negative feeling. It improved to (86.0%) during home visit had
positive feeling and (89.0%) of them had positive feeling after doing family visits. Also the results
illustrated that (63.2%) had negative attitude pre training of family visit it improved to (50.0%) had
positive attitude during family visits and (62.5%) had negative attitude after family visit training. The
results shows that (21.3%) only want to be a community health nurse. The study recommended to
develop home care field, nursing scientists of community health nursing and geriatric nursing should
make clarify what nurses provide to individuals, families and community.
الملخص العربي :
الهــدف مــن هــذه الدراســة هــو تحديــد شــعور واتجاهــات طالبــات کليــه التمــريض بجامعــه أســيوط تجــاه الرعايــة
الصحية للأسرة من خلال الزيارات المنزلية. وقد أجريت هذه الدراسة فى کلية التمريض- جامعه أسيوط. وکان العـدد
الکلــى للعينــة 136 طالبــة بالفرقــة الرابعــة. تــم اســتخدام أداتــين لجمــع البيانــات اللازمــة لهــذه الدراســة، الأداة الأولــى
اشتملت على ثلاثة أجزاء رئيسية هى:
- الجزء الأول: اشتمل على البيانات الشخصية للطالبات اللاتى تم إجراء الدراسة عليهن.
- الجزء الثانى: اشـتمل علـى أسـئلة مفتوحـة عـن شـعور الطالبـات قبـل الزيـارات المنزليـة، وشـعورهن أثنـاء الزيـارات
المنزلية بعد إعدادهن للزيارات المنزلية وأسباب موافقتهن وعدم موافقتهن على أن تکون ممرضة صحة المجتمع.
ً أسـباب شـعورهن بالأمـان
- الجزء الثالث: اشتمل على أسئلة عن شعور الطالبات بعد عمل الزيارات المنزلية، وأيضا
ً علـى رغبـة الطالبـات فـى اختيـارهن تمـريض صـحة المجتمـع
أو عدمه أثناء الزيارات المنزلية، کمـا اشـتملت أيضـا
کمهنة لهن بعد التخرج وأسباب موافقتهن على أن تکون ممرضة صحة المجتمع.
أما الأداة الثانية هى مقياس ليکارت لقياس اتجاهات الطالبات عن فوائد التدريب على الزيارات المنزلية، وأهمية
التدريب قبل الزيارات المنزلية وتأثيره على الزيارات المنزلية. وتم جمع البيانـات خـلال الفتـرة مـن بدايـة شـهر نـوفمبر
2008م إلى نهاية شهر مارس 2009م.
وقد أوضحت النتائج أن (61.8%) مـن الفئـة العمريـة 23-21 سـنة، (53.7%) مـنهن مـن الريـف، (49.3%)
آبائهن موظفين، (76.5%) منهن أمهـاتهن ربـات منـزل. قبـل الإعـداد للزيـارات المنزليـة (89%) مـن الطالبـات کـان
لــديهن شــعور ســلبى. وقــد تحســن هــذا الشــعور إلــى أن (86%) مــن العينــة قــد أصــبح لــديهن شــعور إيجــابى أثنــاء
الزيارات المنزلية، (89%) لديهن شعور ايجابى بعد عمل الزيارات المنزلية.
ً أن (63.2%) من الطالبات لديهن اتجاه سلبى قبل التدريب على الزيارات المنزلية،
وقد أوضحت الدراسة أيضا
وقد تحسن هذا الاتجاه إلـى أن (50%) مـن العينـة أصـبح لـديهن اتجـاه ايجـابى أثنـاء الزيـارات المنزليـة، (62.5%)
لديهن اتجاه سـلبى بعـد الزيـارات المنزليـة مـرة أخـرى. وقـد بينـت النتـائج أن (21.3%) فقـط يـردن أن يکـن ممرضـات
صحة مجتمع. وقد أوصت الدراسة بأنه يجب على علماء التمريض فـى تمـريض صـحة المجتمـع وتمـريض المسـنين
أن يقوموا بتوضيح ما الذى يجب على الممرضة أن تقدمه للأفراد والأسرة والمجتمع عند الإعداد للزيارات المنزلية.

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