Pediatric Nurses’ Awareness Regarding Protective Child Advocacy and Rights in the Hospital

Abstract

Advocacy is explained in concrete acts such as helping the patient access needed healthcare facilities, assuring the quality of treatment, defending the patient's interests, and acting as a coordinator for the patient and the health care environments. Aim: Assess pediatric nurses' awareness regarding protective child advocacy and rights in the hospital. Method: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized, and a convenient sample of 103 nurses at the in-patient pediatric ward, neonatal intensive care unit, and pediatric intensive care unit at Minia university hospital for obstetric and pediatric hospital, Minia health insurance hospital, and Misr-El-Hora general hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health hospital. One tool was used, which included two parts, part Ⅰ: Demographic data for nurses. Part Ⅱ: Nurses' awareness about the protective child advocacy scale and child rights Results: Most of the studied nurses had good awareness of child advocacy and rights, and the minority had fair awareness. All the studied nurses aged between 30-< 35 years and 40-45 years had good awareness about child advocacy, and all the studied nurses who had bachelor's degrees had a good level of awareness about child advocacy and rights. Conclusion: Increasing the nurses' age and their educational level provides an opportunity for them to advocate for children and maintain their rights. Recommendation: Conducting training courses for nurses about child advocacy and their rights is the Ministry of Health's responsibility in the hospital.

Nurses' Level of Awareness of Patients' Rights in hospitals

“…Our findings emphasize the need for targeted educational initiatives for nursing staff to address identified knowledge gaps. This is consistent with prior research that reported a positive relationship between education and awareness of patients' rights among nursing staff (Khademi et al, 2019;Zaitoun et al, 2021;Mohamed et al, 2022). Nonetheless, our study diverges from the findings of T.K.…”

“…The study suggests that nursing staff in government hospitals might benefit from such educational programs. It recommends educating nursing staff on patients' right to know the identity and qualifications of healthcare providers, consistent with previous research identifying this as a deficiency among nursing staff regarding patients' rights (Mohamed et al, 2022). Additionally, the study underscores the importance of protecting patients' property from theft, damage, and loss, a fundamental aspect of patients' rights that nursing staff must be cognizant of to deliver quality care.…”