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 Volume 6, Issue 9 (September 2019), Pages: 31-37

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Nurses’ preparedness in responding to patients with suspected sexually transmitted infections in the rural health unit

 Author(s): Jonaid M. Sadang 1, Naima D. Mala 1, Paulo Carl G. Mejia 2, *, Abdalla Othman 2, Evelyn E. Feliciano 3, Jehan Y. ElRazkey 3, 4, Ferdinand M. Gonzales 5, Chinta Tachavijitjaru 6

 Affiliation(s):

 1College of Health Sciences, Mindanao State University, Marawi, Philippines
 2Department of Nursing, Al Ghad International College of Applied Medical Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 3Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
 4Faculty of Nursing, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
 5College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 6College of Nursing, Christian University of Thailand, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-3016

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.09.005

 Abstract:

The objective of this study was to assess the level of preparedness of rural health unit nurses in responding to patients with suspected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Lanao Del Sur Province, Philippines. A total of 147 nurses participated in the study from 39 rural health unit facilities using Cochran formula. The study used a self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) adapted from the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) Manual for Training in Care and Prevention of STIs. The study revealed that the rural health unit (RHU) health care facilities and services, supplies and equipment, and training and seminars for STIs program were inadequate as perceived by rural health unit nurses. Furthermore, the result showed that the rural health unit (RHU) nurse respondents perceived themselves to be very prepared (x̅=21.30, SD± 2.36) in responding to patients with suspected STIs. Specifically, rural health nurses were very prepared in terms of attitude and behavior (x̅=35.9, SD± 3.61), communication (x̅=18.8, SD± 1.81), health assessment (x̅=18.6, SD± 2.11), prevention of transmission (x̅=18.7, SD± 1.95), contact tracing (x̅=17.2, SD± 2.47), and confidentiality (x̅=18.6, SD± 2.22). The study revealed a significant relationship between demographic profile and the perceived level of preparedness. The study concluded that rural health nurses are very prepared in responding to sexually transmitted infections cases. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Sexually transmitted infections, Community health nursing, Health promotion

 Article History: Received 2 April 2019, Received in revised form 29 June 2019, Accepted 30 June 2019

 Acknowledgement:

No Acknowledgement.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Sadang JM, Mala ND, and Mejia PCG et al. (2019). Nurses’ preparedness in responding to patients with suspected sexually transmitted infections in the rural health unit. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(9): 31-37

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