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Ability of Nursing Students to Recognize Signs of Violence Against Women
Author(s) -
Tambağ Hatice,
Turan Zekiye
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12050
Subject(s) - turkish , nursing , curriculum , medicine , scale (ratio) , nurse education , descriptive research , psychology , family medicine , pedagogy , philosophy , linguistics , physics , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Purpose This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of nursing students in a Turkish school of health science to recognize signs of violence against women. Methods This was a descriptive study. Data were collected via a personal information questionnaire and the S cale for R ecognizing the S igns of V iolence against W omen by N urses and M idwives. Two hundred fifty‐nine students were included. Results The students’ total mean score on the S cale for R ecognizing the S igns of V iolence against W omen by N urses and M idwives was 17.79 ± 3.54. Conclusion In general, nursing students are unable to recognize signs of violence against women. Implications for Nursing Practice The development and integration of courses on violence against women into the nursing curriculum are recommended. It is also recommended that the courses are offered every year of nursing education.