Abstract
Background: Stem cell therapy represents a cutting-edge domain in medicine, prompting a need to discern the perspectives of nursing students to shape forthcoming healthcare practices. Stem cells are a fundamental part of healthcare. Aim: The study aimed to assess nursing students perception at Al-Azhar University regarding stem cells therapy. Design: A descriptive research design was applied in this study. Sample: All nursing students in the third and fourth years of the faculty of nursing at Al-Azhar University include 242 students. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. Tool I: Interview questionnaire consisted of three parts: Part(I): Nursing students' demographic characteristics, Part (II): Nursing student's knowledge Part (III): Nursing student`s attitude toward stem cells therapy. Results: 88% of students had unsatisfactory total knowledge about stem cells, and 90.1% of students had negative attitudes toward stem cells therapy.Conclusions: Majority of students had unsatisfactory knowledge about stem cells therapy, most of nursing students had negative attitudes toward stem cells therapy.There were no statistically significant relation between nursing students' knowledge regarding stem cell therapy and their demographic characteristics, there were highly statistically significant negative correlation between studied students total knowledge and total attitude toward stem cell therapy. Recommendations: Educational programs for nursing students about stem cell therapy should be developed and implemented to promote new ideas into nursing care.