Background. Nursing process is considered as appropriate method to explain the nursing essence, its scientific bases, technologies and humanist assumptions that encourage critical thinking and creativity, and permits solving problems in professional practice. Objective. To assess the application of nursing process and it's affecting factors in Mekelle Zone Hospitals. Methods. A cross sectional design employing quantitative and qualitative methods was conducted in Mekelle zone hospitals March 2011. Qualitative data was collected from14 head nurses of six hospitals and quantitative was collected from 200 nurses selected by simple random sampling technique from the six hospitals proportional to their size. SPSS version 16.1 and thematic analysis was used for quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Results. Majority 180 (90%) of the respondents have poor knowledge and 99.5% of the respondents have a positive attitude towards the nursing process. All of the respondents said that they did not use the nursing process during provision of care to their patients at the time of the study. Majority (75%) of the respondent said that the nurse to patient ratio was not optimal to apply the nursing process. Conclusion and Recommendation. The nursing process is not yet applied in all of the six hospitals. The finding revealed that the knowledge of nurses on the nursing process is not adequate to put it in to practice and high patient nurse ratio affects its application. The studied hospitals should consider the application of the nursing process critically by motivating nurses and monitor and evaluate its progress.

Objective. In Ethiopia, the age-adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer is high, 35.9 per 100,000 women. Despite this fact, cervical cancer screening coverage in Ethiopia is very low. The objective of this study is to assess the magnitude and factors affecting the practices of cervical cancer screening among female nurse in Mekelle Town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2014.Methods. This study used a cross-sectional design. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate factors associated with cervical cancer screening practice.Results. A total of 225 female nurses participated in the study. The magnitude of cervical cancer screening practice among these nurses was 10.7%, within the past five years of the survey. Attitude and work place of the respondents were significantly associated with a history of cervical cancer screening practices with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 3.023, 95% CI (1.134–8.059), and 3.424, 95% CI (1.080–10.853), respectively.Conclusion. The study showed that the magnitude of the cervical screening practice is very low among nurse health professionals. Negative attitude and workplace were identified to be the predictors of decision for cervical cancer test.

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Background: Ethiopia is the second populated country in sub-Saharan Africa with 82 million people; more than half of them are under the age of 25. Youth throughout the world are susceptible to health risks because they lack adequate knowledge, adventure, and lack of guidance about sexual and reproductive health and related concerns. Limited in being a youth-friendly, affordable, or confidential. Moreover, the environment within which sexual and reproductive health services are provided is often not sensitive to the special needs of this youth population. Little is known about the level of utilization to the standard and the predators that influence the utilization.

Purpose This study aimed to assess knowledge and attitude towards the human papillomavirus vaccine and associated factors among mothers who have eligible daughters. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study with a total sample of 601 study participants was conducted in Debre Markos town from February to March 2021. The study participants were selected using a multistage sampling technique from mothers who have eligible daughters. The data was collected using an interview administration questionnaire. The data were entered into EPI data version 3.1 then, exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Variables with a p-value of < 0.25 in bivariate were a candidate for multivariate and those variables with a p-value of <0.05 in multivariate binary logistic regression were considered as a statistically significant factor for knowledge and attitude of the HPV vaccine. Results A total of 601 study participants with a response rate of 100% were included in the study. Among participants in this study, 47.6% have good knowledge and 77.4% have a positive attitude towards the HPV vaccine. Knowledge of mothers about HPV vaccine was affected by having degree and above (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) =7.687; 95% CI=1.837–32.168; p=0.005), did not hear about HPV vaccine (AOR=0.172; 95% CI=0.098–0.302; P=0.000), and positive attitude towards HPV vaccine (AOR=2.959; 95% CI=1.580–5.539; P=0.001). Attitude of mothers towards HPV vaccine was affected by did not hear about HPV vaccine (AOR=0.285; 95% CI=0.163–0.499; P=000), and good knowledge about HPV vaccine (AOR=2.705; 95% CI=1.454–5.035; 0.002). Conclusion Knowledge of mothers who have eligible daughters about HPV vaccine was low. Maternal educational level, hearing about the HPV vaccine, and attitude towards HPV vaccine were significantly associated predictors with knowledge towards HPV vaccine. However, the attitude was high and factors associated with attitudes towards the HPV vaccine were knowledge about the HPV vaccine and hearing about the HPV vaccine. An integrated work should be considered by Debre Markos town health office with other non-governmental organizations working on health and health-related issues to improve knowledge about the importance of HPV vaccine for mothers who have eligible daughters.

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