KNOWLEDGE LEVELS OF NURSING STUDENTS REGARDING RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS


Sürme Y., Aydın G.

The Third International Clinical Nursing Research Congress, İstanbul, Turkey, 8 - 11 December 2020, pp.95-99

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: İstanbul
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.95-99
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Goal: This descriptive study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge levels of the nursing students regarding rational drug use. Methods: The universe of the study is composed of nursing students of Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Health Sciences. 257 nursing students who volunteered to participate in the study and who could be reached online between 01.11.2020-12.11.2020 were included in the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the Yozgat Bozok University ethics commission, and verbal and written consent was obtained from the students before starting the study. The data were collected using the sociodemographic information form and the Rational Drug Use Scale. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to check whether the numerical data were suitable for normal distribution. Descriptive statistics such as number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Man Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Findings: It was determined that 79.4% of the students were women, 34.6% were in the second grade, and the average age was 20.37 ± 1.81. We found that 79.0% of the students chose the profession willingly, 96.1% did not have any chronic diseases and 97.7% did not have a regular medication and 79.0% of the students had not received training on rational drug use before. The mean score of rational drug use scale of the students was found to be 33.43 ± 2.93, and 77.4% of them had insufficient knowledge (scale score ≤ 34). Statistically significant difference was not found between the mean score of the scale and the descriptive characteristics such as age, gender, grade level, presence of chronic disease, and prior rational drug use training (p> 0.05). Results: As a result, it was found that more than half of the nursing students had insufficient knowledge regarding rational drug use. Nursing students should be educated regarding rational drug use throughout their undergraduate education, the effectiveness of the education should be evaluated and support should be provided to develop attitudes and behaviors. Keywords : Knowledge level, nursing, rational medicine, student