Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards HIV/AIDS Patients
Author | : Jennifer N. Barbé |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:62303795 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards HIV/AIDS Patients written by Jennifer N. Barbé and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This study investigated nursing student attitudes and knowledge about HIV/AIDS at different levels of study in nursing and the association between attitudes and knowledge. Participant attitudes were measured using the HIV Impact Questionnaire: Student Form. Knowledge was measured with questions adapted from Ferguson, Cox, Irving, Leiter, & Farnsworth' (1995) measure. A convenience sample of 146 baccalaureate students from a large Midwestern college of Nursing completed a self-administered questionnaire. Both knowledge (F=7.31, p=.001) and attitudes (F=5.80, p=.004) about HIV/AIDS significantly improved with year of study in nursing. There was a positive correlation between attitudes and knowledge (r=.31, p