Assessment of Nurses' Awareness regarding Child Rights in Hospitals
Abstract
Children possess rights. But due to their vulnerability or compromised status, their rights are not respected in most parts of the world. The reason of violation of their rights is due to lack of knowledge, poverty, inadequate services, gender differences and discrimination all around the world. Acknowledgement of child rights and their implementation is crucial for a child health and survival . Nurses' knowledge and practice of child rights in hospitals enable child and their families powerful, give more self -control, encourage full participation and faster recovery process, so the current study aimed to assessment of nurses' awareness about child rights in hospital on a convenient sample consists of 50 nurses were selected the National Maternity and Children Hospital and Tishreen University Hospital in Lattakia , data were collected using a questionnaire developed for this purpose. The results of the current study showed that the majority of nurses have an average level of awareness of children's rights, while a very small percentage of nurses have a good level of awareness of children's rights. The study recommended the necessity of activating awareness programs about children’s rights in hospitals and emphasizing the application of health practices that guarantee the implementation of those rights, which contributes to improving the quality of health care provided to children.
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