Premarital counseling: View of the target group

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of the secondary technical nursing school students towards premarital counseling in Alexandria. The study was conducted at four secondary technical nursing schools. 200 students from the chosen schools participated in this study. Questionnaire sheet was developed to assess students knowledge and a 3-point Likert-like scale was used to assess the students attitude. The results revealed that 46.5% of the studied sample had an average score in knowledge, while 65.5% of the students had a positive attitude towards premarital counseling

Nurses attitudes toward the elderly people

It was assumed that attitudes held by nurses will help to determine the quality of care given to old people. One hundred diploma and baccalaureate nurses who are a permanent staff in the medical and surgical units in the medical research institute and the main university hospitals, in Alexandria university were participated in the study. Data were collected using the older person Questionnaire [OPQ] to determine nurses attitude towards the elderly people. The results revealed that nurses have a negative attitude toward elderly people. Age factor did not indicate a significant difference with nurses attitude while level of education indicated a significant difference at 5% level. It was recommended that nursing education and inservice training programs should stress the importance of gerontology