Attitude and practices among nursing students toward COVID-19 prevention
Department of Community Health, College of Nursing, University of Basrah, Iraq.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 14(02), 585–592
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.14.2.0390
Publication history:
Received on 29 March 2022; revised on 14 May 2022; accepted on 17 May 2022
Abstract:
Nursing students are the essential part of the healthcare system all over the world, and play a significant role in the nursing job in the future. In crises, such as the present one, nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices toward COVID-19 prevention should be considered in the planning for health promotion and disease control especially effective educational implementations for COVID-19.
The aim of study to assess the attitude and practice regarding COVID 19 prevention and associate their relation with socio- demographic characteristics of nursing college students.
The result of the present study showed that nursing students had a favorable attitude (75.6%), and moderate level of practices (62, 6%) toward COVID-19 prevention.
Keywords:
Attitude; Practice; Nursing Students; COVID-19; Prevention
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