Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Maternity Nurses Regarding Cord Blood Collection

Document Type : Original Article

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1 B.C Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

2 Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing

3 Assistant Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing

4 Lecturer of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

Abstract

Background: Cord blood has many benefits in terms of transplantation due to its cell
content; moreover, it has some other advantages. Aim: Assess knowledge of maternity
nurses regarding cord blood collection and assess the attitude of maternity nurses regarding
cord blood collection. Design: A descriptive design utilized in completing this study.
Subject: A convenient sample used composed of 250 nurses who worked at Ain Shams
University Maternity Hospital. Tools: Interviewing questionnaire sheets to assess
demographic characteristics of nurses, related nurse's awareness about cord blood collection
and stem cells, and an attitude Likert scale was used to assess nurses' attitudes regarding cord
blood collection and stem cells. Results: 63.2% of the studied nurses were had incorrect
knowledge related to umbilical cord blood collection and 45.6% of the studied nurses have
positive attitude with umbilical cord blood collection. Conclusion: there have been
statistically significant differences between genders, age, qualification, and attending training
courses related to stem cells. There are highly statistically significant relations between the
attitude of studied nurses regarding umbilical cord blood collection and their age, their
qualifications and years of experience, and there was a highly significant correlation between
total knowledge score of studied nurses & their total attitude score regarding umbilical cord
blood collection. Recommendation: Enhance Educational course and continual training
about the use of stem cells must be implemented to the nurses and Investigate the nursing
concerns regarding their practice of cord blood collection sample technique

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