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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 104-111 |
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Comparison of nurses' and nursing students' attitudes toward care provision to opposite-gender patients
Fatemeh Cheraghi1
 , Khodayar Oshvandi2
, Fazllolah Ahmadi3
, Omid Sayfi Selsele4
, Mohammad Azad Majedi5
, Hiwa Mohammadi6 1 Research Center for Chronic Disease Care at Home, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Mother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4 Clinical Research Development Unit of Farshchian Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5 School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
6 Borujerd School of Nursing, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
7 Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
8 Research Center for Chronic Disease Care at Home; Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Salam Vatandost
Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/nms.nms_52_18
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Background: Nurses often have to care for the patients of the opposite gender. This can be challenging for both nurses and patients in Iran due to the Iranians' cultural and religious beliefs. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare nurses' and nursing students' attitudes toward care provision to opposite-gender patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 on a random sample of 107 nurses who worked in four teaching hospitals, and 95 bachelor's and master's nursing students from the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. A 21-item researcher-made self-report questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were analyzed through the independent samples t-test and the linear regression analysis. Results: The mean scores of nurses' and nursing students' attitudes were 72.54 ± 15.47 and 66.87 ± 14.80, respectively (P = 0.02). The significant predictors of nurses' and nursing students' attitudes were their educational degree, history of care provision to opposite-gender patients, and clinical work experience. Conclusion: Many nurses and nursing students have moderate attitudes toward care provision to opposite-gender patients. Nursing students' poorer attitudes compared with nurses highlight the need for revisions to the nursing academic curriculum to prepare them for quality care provision to the patients of both genders.
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