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-Abstract
Background: Telenursing is cost effective and time saving innovative technology that can play
a vital role in patient care and enable them to access nursing services at home. The aim of the study
was to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding telenursing. Research Design:
A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted
at Faculty of Nursing /Benha University. Sample: Simple random sample was used in this study and
the sample size was 214 students from fourth academic year. Tools: Two tools were used in this study
to collect the data. (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire which consisted of two parts to assess
nursing students' demographic characteristics and their knowledge about telenursing. (II): Scale to
measure attitude of nursing students regarding telenursing. Results: 86% of the studied nursing
students their age were from 20 to 22 years old with mean age was 21.15±1.86, 69.2% of them were
female, 86% of them didn't have training courses about telenursing, 45.8% of them had average total
knowledge score and 65.4% of them had positive attitude scores regarding telenursing. Conclusion:
There was highly statically significant relation between the studied nursing students' total knowledge
scores and their total attitude scores. Recommendations: Develop and implement educational
programs to increase knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding telenursing
DOI
10.21608/jnsbu.2023.278954
Keywords
Keywords: Attitude, Knowledge, Nursing students, Telenursing
Authors
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El- Said Abd Ellatif
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M.Sc. student of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University, Egypt
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Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed
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Assist. Prof. of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University, Egypt
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Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University, Egypt
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Scientific peer reviewed journal
Publication Title
Journal of Nursing Science Benha University
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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/
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Knowledge and Attitude of Faculty of Nursing Students regarding Telenursing