The study of nursi
The study of nursing students views regarding patients' rights protection (advocacy) and its effective factors
Daryosh rokhafroz1, shayeste haghighi2, somaye ansari3 and neda sayadi4*
1, 2, 3,4 faculty of nursing and midwifery of Ahvaz joundishapoor medical sicence university
*Corresponding author: neda sayadi; Tel:09166026450; Email: [email protected]
Abstract: One of the key concepts of nursing is ethics .Nursing students need the opportunity to experience, share and clarify thoughts, feelings and values related to protection of patient. However many challenges were for nursing education to prepare nurses to accept the supportive role of faces. Therefore this study designed to survey of the knowledge nursing student about the rights of patients and patient’s advocacy.This study is a descriptive-cross-correlation which conducted on nursing students. For data collection a questionnaire was designed, including Ingram’s questionnaire and Demographic questionnaire. Sample size of study based on pilot sampling and sample size estimation was 120 students. For analysis the data used pass statistic software edition 18 descriptive statistic of frequency, and inferential statistics chi-square and variance analysis.The findings of this study showed that the mean score of student’s knowledge about patient’s rights is (54.01±9.59). Also going obtained between scores and course grades ( p=0.01) and environment (p=0.01) had a significant relationship, this means that a supportive environment has important effects on patient. Also with increasing semester students were increasing awareness students about patient rights. considering the average score obtained. The student awareness about the rights of patients had moderate. Therefore measures must be thought about more important to teach students.
[Daryosh rokhafroz, shayeste haghighi,somaye ansari and neda sayadi. The study of nursing students views regarding patients' rights protection (advocacy) and its effective factors. Life Sci J 2013:10(1):32-36]. (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 5
Keywords: Nursing students, advocacy, patient rights
