| Title | Nurses attitudes and ethical dilemmas regarding hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus carriers | |
| Authors | P. Iordanou¹ and M. Noula²
1. Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens, Athens, Greece 2. Nursing Field in Secondary Education, Athens, Greece |
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| Citation | Iordanou, P., Noula, M.: Nurses attitudes and ethical dilemmas regarding hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus carriers, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 17(1): 37-41 (2003) | |
| Publication Date | May 2003 | |
| Full Text Language | English | |
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| Keywords | Hepatitis B, nurses’ attitudes, ethical dilemmas, barriers, vaccine. | |
| Other Terms | review article | |
| Summary | This study was conducted among 696 subjects-nurses in five hospitals to examine their attitudes and ethical dilemmas concerning the provision of nursing care to patients-clients with hepatitis B (HB) and HB virus and to identify any barriers they perceived in safety. More than the half of the nurses, 56.2% (345) stated that had been vaccinated against HB. A fair number, 63.7% (441) nurses stated that it was not a dilemma for them to provide care to patients with HB. As barriers were identified the lack of adequate protecting measures from 57% (143) nurses. Gloves considered important in the protection of nurses, 94.7% (692) nurses stated that they ought to wear gloves during blood drawing or blood and intravenous administration, and 93.5% (651) when a blood transfusion was given. Fear of transmission of HB was stated from 53% (133) of nurses and fear of transmission of HB to nurses’ children (through nurses as mothers) from 29.5% (74). Greater number of vaccinated nurses stated that had not dilemmas to care for patients with HB (p=0.048). In order, to control their own risk and provide patient-clients care without dilemmas and fears of transmission, nurses must remain alert and aware of risk factors, of the barriers, of the standards that are being trusted upon them being supported by the institutions-hospitals and the public must provide them all basic protective measures. | |
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