Assessment of Attitude And Perception Regarding Abortion Among The B.Sc. Nursing Interns of Selected Nursing Colleges of Punjab, India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The objectives the study was to explore the, attitude and perception of nursing interns, who are in the verge of being, registered Nurse and assist in abortion care services in country. A questionnaire based descriptive-cross-sectional study conducted among the 96 interns of the different Nursing College of Punjab. The semi structured questionnaire were used and consisting of questions on self-assessed educational program characteristics, attitudes and perceptions regarding abortions in the context of India. Results: The response rate of the participants was 88.07%. The mean age of the respondents was 24.43±1.449 years. A total of 65 (67.7%) responded that the topic of reproductive health was adequately covered in their course of study and 31 (32.3%) opined that the topic was somewhat covered. Only two of the respondents self-assessed that their theoretical knowledge of sexual and reproductive health was very good while 68 (70.8%) told that it was good and 26 (27.1%) graded themselves as having just fair knowledge in the field. Twenty four (25.0%) responded that they had clinical Exposure in abortion care services during their course of study. Conclusion: The nursing interns had been adequately exposed to the reproductive health though they had less clinical practice exposure on abortion care services. The attitude and perceptions of the future health care providers should be understood to properly orient them to the clinical practice.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Virendra Singh Choudhary, Mrs. Geeta Chaudhary
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