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Purpose@#The aim of this study was to examine attitudes and knowledge regarding career planning after graduation, as well as the perceived educational environment of a pediatric clinical course, among nursing students at Menoufia University in Egypt. This study also investigated the influence of the perceived educational environment on future career planning among nursing students. @*Methods@#A descriptive cross-sectional study was used, with a structured interview questionnaire that included demographic characteristics, a section that measured students' attitudes and knowledge toward their career planning, and the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure Scale (DREEM). @*Results@#The mean total score for the DREEM scale was 109.61, and most students perceived many areas within the program as more positive than negative. However, they had low levels of knowledge regarding career planning. @*Conclusion@#Based on the findings of this study, further efforts should be made to stimulate students' interest in pediatric nursing, to integrate theoretical content with practice, and to improve their planning activities early during their study. It is important to engage students in discussions concerning their ideas and worries about factors they perceive as less enhancing and more threatening in clinical settings.
ABSTRACT
Foreign Body Aspiration [FBA] is considered a serious and potentially-lethal threat to the health of children aged from 6 months to 4 years. The golden standard for diagnosing and managing this condition is rigid open tube bronehoseopy. Mothers and caregivers should be informed and educated about health guidelines in order to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by the foreign body aspiration. This paper aims at evaluating the effectiveness of a nursing health program for mothers with children undergoing bronehoseopy through assessing their knowledge, practice and attitude to develop and implement the nursing health program to meet mothers' needs. Quasi experimental design was conducted during the period of three months in 2010 to evaluate the effectiveness of a nursing health program on a non-random convenience sample of 80 mothers selected from a governmental hospital located in Amman city, Jordan. The researchers developed an interviewing questionnaire which was used as a pre- and post test to assess knowledge, practice and attitudes of the care provided by mothers during the incident of the foreign body aspiration and after the bronehoseopy procedure. Then, the researchers developed and implemented a nursing health program followed by a post test to track changes for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the health program. The most common presenting symptoms were a combination of cough [93.75%] and difficulty of breathing [81.25%]. The most frequently-aspirated foreign bodies were organic material such as seeds and nuts followed by non-organic material i.e., coins accounting for [26.2%, 16.5%, and 20%], respectively. There were statistical significant improvements [P<0.01] in mothers" knowledge, practice, and attitude on the post-test scores. There is an urgent need to educate mothers with the safety precautions and chocking prevention measures to minimize the risk of FBA