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Knowledge Levels, Attitude And Beliefs Of Men Towards The Digital Rectal Examinations (Dre): A Study In Trinidad, Philip C. Onuoha, Gloria Mootoo-Ramdeen, Melany Romany, G La Fleur-Roseman, J Roopnarine, D Diaspia-Murrell, K Martin-Boucaud, P Hypolite Jan 2020

Knowledge Levels, Attitude And Beliefs Of Men Towards The Digital Rectal Examinations (Dre): A Study In Trinidad, Philip C. Onuoha, Gloria Mootoo-Ramdeen, Melany Romany, G La Fleur-Roseman, J Roopnarine, D Diaspia-Murrell, K Martin-Boucaud, P Hypolite

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Background: Trinidad and Tobago have been ranked as having one of the highest cancer mortality rates in the Caribbean. Prostate cancer was identified as the most common cancer in men, with a higher mortality than any other cancer. At least 1 in 9 men in Trinidad and Tobago will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine knowledge levels, attitudes, and beliefs of men aged 40 years and over regarding digital rectal examination (DRE). The investigators considered this crucial following the scourge of prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago and an …


Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, And Perceived Competency About Older Adults, Deborah Denise Brabham Jan 2018

Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, And Perceived Competency About Older Adults, Deborah Denise Brabham

Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Background: Nurses entering the workforce may have limited education in gerontological nursing. Therefore, many nurses are unprepared to provide quality care to older adults. An unprepared nursing workforce could negatively influence older adults’ health outcomes and care experience. Purpose: To determine differences in senior nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceived competency about older adults based on enrollment in a bachelor of science in nursing degree (BSN), associate’s degree nursing (ADN), and practical nursing (PN) program that offers geriatric content in curricula. Theoretical Framework: Bandura’s social cognitive theory, triadic reciprocal determinism model provided the theoretical framework. Methods: A non-experimental, descriptive survey …


Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, And Confidence With End-Of-Life Care, Blanca E. Miller Mar 2016

Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, And Confidence With End-Of-Life Care, Blanca E. Miller

Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Background: Advance directives allow patients to put in writing the type of health care they want if they are unable to make decisions due to their medical condition. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in senior nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and confidence based on when the information is positioned in the curriculum. Theoretical: Social cognitive learning theory and Zimmerman’s self-regulation model provided the theoretical framework. Methods: This study reflected a non-experimental, exploratory design, with a convenience sample of senior nursing students from 2 different nursing programs in central Illinois. One program offers advance …