Clinical Nurses’ Knowledge and Educational Needs about Dizziness

Knowledge and Educational Needs about Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) among Oncology Nurses

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), a form of assisted reproductive technology, is a new technology with limited awareness among health care professionals and hereditary cancer families. Nurses play a key role in the care of patients and are often in an ideal position to discuss and refer patients on sensitive quality of life issues, such as PGD. Two hundred and one nurses at Moffitt Cance...

Educational Needs of Rural Nurses

Oral Assessment and Nursing Interventions Among Nigerian Nurses-Knowledge, Practices and Educational Needs

BACKGROUND Assessment of oral condition, oral care, and informing the attending doctor of unusual oral findings for possible consultation or referral to a dentist are the advocated roles of hospital nurses. The objective of the study was thus to assess the roles of Nigerian nurses in the assessment of oral conditions of hospitalized patients. METHODS This questionnaire-based cross-sectional s...

Surveying hospital nurses to discover educational needs and preferences

OBJECTIVE The author investigated the educational needs of nurses in an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet hospital to determine topics of interest, instruction time and delivery preferences, and interest in a research information skills certificate provided by the library. METHODS A 9-question survey was distributed to 1,500 nursing staff of the hospital through email. RESULTS Sur...

Perinatal nurses' knowledge and attitudes about AIDS.

Perinatal nurses were surveyed to determine their knowledge, attitudes, and fears concerning AIDS. Nurses' knowledge correlated positively with attendance at conferences and in-service programs. More than 85% of the respondents reported moderate to high fear of AIDS. No correlation was found between knowledge and self-reported fear scores. A discrepancy occurred between the nurses' beliefs that...