Abstract
The current study aimed to know the cognitive awareness among students of the faculty of nursing towards mentally handicapped individuals in Kuwait and its relationship with some other variables, this study was conducted on a sample of (224) students of the faculty of nursing the Public Authority for Applied Education. The Faraj (2016) scale was applied to the study sample, the results of the study indicated that the total average score was (1.89) and the percentage was (63.10%), which is considered a low score in the knowledge and awareness of the students of the Faculty of Nursing, and the results indicated that there are no statistically significant differences between the students of the Faculty of Nursing in other variables.
Highlights
The current study aimed to know the cognitive awareness among students of the faculty of nursing towards mentally handicapped individuals in Kuwait and its relationship with some other variables, this study was conducted on a sample of (224) students of the faculty of nursing the Public Authority for Applied Education
The Faraj (2016) scale was applied to the study sample, the results of the study indicated that the total average score was (1.89) and the percentage was (63.10%), which is considered a low score in the knowledge and awareness of the students of the Faculty of Nursing, and the results indicated that there are no statistically significant differences between the students of the Faculty of Nursing in other variables
The researcher used Faraj (2016) scale for this study, which derived most of its items through the study of Bi, (2010) as well as the study of Kitchen, (2007) The researcher translated this measure into Arabic, and consists of two parts: the first includes demographic data, and the second part includes 18 questions to measure the degree of cognitive awareness of students of the Faculty of Nursing towards the disabled child
Summary
States have become interested in providing all health, psychological and social services to persons with disabilities in various categories, and working to communicate with them to facilitate procedures to ensure their integration into the society in which they live along with their ordinary peers (Al-Kenani, 2009).Among the needs that have increased attention in recent times is the nursing care of disabled individuals and the great and necessary importance of this profession and its affiliates in supporting the disabled and mitigating them and interacting with them and helping them by trying to integrate them with other members of society, which is based on the scientific basis that who works in the nursing profession is required to assessing the general needs of the disabled, whether it is physical, psychological or social and planning it and implementing what was planned (Al-Dughaim, 2017).Nursing as a profession is concerned with the need to take care of every person, whether this person is healthy or not. States have become interested in providing all health, psychological and social services to persons with disabilities in various categories, and working to communicate with them to facilitate procedures to ensure their integration into the society in which they live along with their ordinary peers (Al-Kenani, 2009). Among the needs that have increased attention in recent times is the nursing care of disabled individuals and the great and necessary importance of this profession and its affiliates in supporting the disabled and mitigating them and interacting with them and helping them by trying to integrate them with other members of society, which is based on the scientific basis that who works in the nursing profession is required to assessing the general needs of the disabled, whether it is physical, psychological or social and planning it and implementing what was planned (Al-Dughaim, 2017). Institutions who is taking care of people with disabilities in most countries of the world are keen on the participation of nurses in the membership of the Disability Personnel Services Team, to help people with disabilities regain their physical and health capacities, diagnose health problems in collaboration with doctors, follow up cases and contribute to the prevention of complications and various problems (Khan, 1988)
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