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Nurses' knowledge and Attitudes toward Elderly Patient's Rights and Code of Ethics at Assiut University Hospital

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Background: Values are essential in order to maintain the Elderly Patients' Rights. Aim of the study: to assess knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding elderly patients' Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics at Assiut University Hospital. Subject and methods: 400 nurses participate and descriptive cross-sectional study design was used.. Total coverage technique was used. Data collection started from 1 July – 31 December 2013. Tools: an interviewing questionnaire used for data collection, it contained three parts: assess personal data, assess nurses' knowledge toward code of ethics; and elderly patients' rights, assess nursing attitudes toward code of ethics and elderly patients' rights. Results: 33.8% of the studied nurses had experience in nursing work 5-10 years. The studied nurses had satisfactory knowledge toward code of ethics and elderly patients' rights', (65% and59.2%) respectively. Regarding to gender factor; females represent significant high score of knowledge toward code of ethics than males.Conclusion: It was concluded that education level and gender can affect the knowledge level of the nurses. Recommendations: involving the professional values and elderly patients' rights in nursing educational curriculum, and implement an educational program for updating nurses' knowledge .

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10.21608/asnj.2014.58667

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Elderly, Patients' Rights, Code Of Ethics, Nurses, Knowledge, & Attitudes

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Asmaa

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Hassan

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Nursing Specialist at Technical Nursing Institute, Assiut University

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Safaa

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Kotb

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University.

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Asmaa

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Mohammed

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University.

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2

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4

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8932

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2014-12-01

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2019-11-13

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2014-12-01

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87

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96

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Nurses' knowledge and Attitudes toward Elderly Patient's Rights and Code of Ethics at Assiut University Hospital

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22 Jan 2023