Nurses knowledge and perception related to foot care for older persons

The purpose of the study was to examine nurses knowledge and perceptions related to foot care of older persons. Students representing Public Health Nursing and Medical Surgical Nursing of the academic year [1991-1992] were surveyed. Also, the sample included all nurses working at Geriatric Homes in Alexandria and Geriatric Units of the Main University Hospital of Alexandreia. Data were collected using a foot care Survey with questions related to nurses' role with foot care of older adults, importance of various components of patient teaching content and knowledge about foot care. Comparisons were made between Medical Surgical Nursiong students, Public Health Nursing students, and nurses working at Geriatric Homes and Units. Chi-Square technique was used to compare the differences between the three groups. The present study revealed that nurses possessed the knowledge, but had not had the opportunity to acquire the associated foot care skills

nurse and mother as dental heath educators: their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors

Concerns about the dental health status of the five-years-old children in Egypt stimulated discussion about the prevention of dental caries. Preschool children should be a target group to reduce the prevalence of and try to prevent dental caries in that vulnerable age group. However, questions concerning who should conduct the dental health education remain unanswered. The ideal person to conduct the initial dental health education would be an individual who is readily available, accessible, and acceptable to both mother and child. The nurse, school health visitor and mothers fulfill these criteria. Furthermore, the nurses or school health visitors or mothers have access both to the clients in their own homes and to the community networks. In this way they can be involved with prevention at an individual counseling level as well as with influencing dental health as part of an over all health promotion strategy. The importance of involving the parents especially the mothers in dental health education has been demonstrated. Parents serve as role models as well as assist the young child to care for his teeth. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of the nurses and mothers as dental educators. A questionnaire specially designed for this study was completed by nurses working in schools, hospitals, MCH Centers as well as mothers. Revealed positive attitudes toward dental health education and lack of knowledge. However, tooth brushing was the only dental health behavior mentioned by some of nurses and mothers