%0 Journal Article
%T Attitudes of the nurses working in pediatric clinics towards children¡¯s rights
%A £¿lknur Y£¿ld£¿z
%J -
%D 2019
%X Objective: Pediatric nurses have significant responsibilities in adopting and implementation of the children¡¯s rights. This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of nurses working in pediatric service towards children¡¯s rights. Method: The study was carried out with 104 nurses working in pediatric services of a university hospital and state hospital and agreeing to participate in the research. The data of the study were gathered with Descriptive Information Form and Questionnaire for Measuring Attitudes towards Children¡¯s Rights. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis and correlation analysis were used in the analysis of data. Results: The average age of the nurses in the study is 32.10¡À7.69, 97.1% are female, 62.5% have bachelor¡¯s degree, 59.6% are married and 51% have children. The work experience of 57.7% of the nurses and the experience of 80.8% of those in pediatric clinic range from 0 to 10 years. Of pediatric nurses, 77.9% stated that they heard about the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 52.9% said they have no idea as to whether our country has signed this convention, and 96.2% reported they pay attention to the children¡¯s rights and they have to take active role on the children¡¯s rights. The Questionnaire for Measuring Attitudes towards Children¡¯s Rights average scores of the nurses are 27.16¡À5.34. When Questionnaire for Measuring Attitudes towards Children¡¯s Rights average scores were examined according to descriptive characteristics of the nurses, the difference between them was found to be statistically insignificant (p>0.05). Conclusions: It might be concluded that the attitudes of pediatric nurses towards children¡¯s rights are positive. This study contributes the nurses working in pediatric clinics to pay attention towards children¡¯s rights in the practices of treatment and care for children
%K pediatri
%K hem£¿ire
%K £¿ocuk haklar£¿
%K tutum
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/223/issue/46522/479754