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
ABSTRACT
The incidence of hepatitis in Egypt is annually increase because the lack of awareness about the disease. Hepatitis is a term covering a broad spectrum of diseases affecting the liver. Infectious forms of hepatitis are relatively common and can cause serious illness and even death. Prevention is the key solution for avoiding the consequences of this disease. The present study aims to impact of nursing intervention on viral hepatitis patient's knowledge affiliated in viral clinic Assuit University Hospital. The subjects of the study consists of 200 patients divided into two groups [100 case and 100 control] their age above 20 years diagnosed with viral hepatitis. Both sexes were included in this study. The results revealed that mean ages 35.78 +/- 10.49, 37.21 +/- 11.25. The majority 84%, 80% of patients in rural areas 87%, 89% male and 85%, 75% were married for the study and control groups respectively. 79%, 81% of patients discovered the disease accidentally. 94%, 89% of patients diagnosed through investigations. 100% of patients define of viral hepatitis correctly on post test for the study group but only 20% for control group. Regarding patients' knowledge about mode of transmission 99% of them through parenteral therapy 97%, 91% for the study and control groups had poor scores on pre test however in post test the majority of the study group 94% had very good score with a highly statistical significant difference. Most of the studied sample obtained low score during the pre test, and the results changed toward progression in the post test regarding patients' knowledge. As a results and in the light of the finding, the authors recommended that health education program should be carried out at a wide areas include rural and urban areas and also to health workers to understand the mode of transmission and precautions to minimize the risk of transmission. Hepatitis B vaccine should available for health care workers and allow a simple information through the media [radio and television]