Assessment of Nursing Student’s Awareness towardFirst Aid: Suggested Curriculum

Abstract

Accidents and illness can sometimes be life-threatening, where there is very little time for an aider to react and prevent permanent disabilities or even death. So first aid is first help required in almost all instances of disaster and dangers to save life and prevent injury from becoming worse.Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess nursing students’ awareness toward first aid. Design: a descriptive design. Setting: this study was conducted in Ain Shams University hospital, aldemerdash hospital, pediatric hospital, academic heart institute and Cleopatra hospital. Research subject: a convenience sample include 130 internship year nursing students - at Faculty of Nursing in Ain Shams University. Data collection: Students’ self- administered questionnaire and Students’ observational checklist.Result: the study showed that (59.2%) of nursing students had unsatisfactory scores of knowledge regarding to first aid measures, only (55.4%) of them had satisfactory practice level toward first aid measures, and(58.46%) of had positive attitude toward first aid.Conclusion: Only less than half of nursing students under study had satisfactory scores of knowledge level. While, slightly more than half of them had satisfactory scores of practice and positive attitude toward first aid measures. Furthermore, there were statistically significant relation between total satisfactory scores of knowledge, practice & attitude of nursing students.Recommendation: First aid and basic life support should be an integral part of all nursing faculties curricula to ensure that nursing student could grasp enough knowledge and performance that necessary to help people in emergency situations. Keywords: first aid, awareness, nursing students.