NEONATAL NURSES KNOWLEDGE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CARING FOR COCAINE-EXPOSED INFANTS AND THEIR MOTHERS

Citation
Ma. Ludwig et al., NEONATAL NURSES KNOWLEDGE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CARING FOR COCAINE-EXPOSED INFANTS AND THEIR MOTHERS, The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing, 9(4), 1996, pp. 81-95
Citations number
20
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
ISSN journal
0893-2190
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
81 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-2190(1996)9:4<81:NNKOAA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The knowledge, attitudes, and backgrounds of 215 nurses employed in th e nurseries of six hospitals were studied by means of a questionnaire survey. The nurses' attitudes toward the mothers of cocaine-addicted i nfants were found to be generally negative and/or judgmental and their knowledge to be low. More experience with nursing cocaine-addicted in fants and greater acuity of the neonatal unit in which the nurse worke d correlated with more positive attitudes toward the infants but not t oward their mothers. Knowledge and attitude correlated positively with formal education, inservice education, and self-education, but the co rrelations were weak.