INVESTIGATION OF PERSPECTIVE OF THE NURSING STUDENTS AGAINST REFUGEES IN TURKEY

Authors : Canan DEMİR BARUTCU, Fatma ZENGİN

Pages : 19-24

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Publication Date : 2018-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the perspectives of nursing students towards refugees in Turkey. Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The sample was composed of 220 nursing students.  A 20-item questionnaire prepared by literature-based researchers was used as a data collection tool. Results: It was found that 63.6% of the students who participated in the survey had a female age of 19.69 ± 1.18, 45.5% had a middle income level, and 79.1% had a social security. While 55.5% of the students have not communicated with the refugees before, 92.3% of them have provided job opportunities to the refugees, 80.5% have empathized with the refugees, 27.3% of the family and relatives have negative attitudes towards the refugees, whereas 24.5% 57.3% of the refugees think that they should be helped if they ask for financial assistance, 59.1% of them feel uncomfortable with the inclusion of the refugees, 82.3% 62.7% of the refugees had information about their living conditions, 73.6% of the refugees used health services as competently, 83.2% of them did not have any individual problems related to refugees, 95% of the refugees returned to their countries when the problem ended n that they should have been looking at education as adverse to the rights granted to refugees 46.8% and 53.2% of refugees coming to our country is found to meet the undecided. Conclusion: It was found that nursing students in general have positive opinions about refugees in the framework of findings. It is proposed to plan initiatives for situations where information deficiencies are unstable.
Keywords : Refugee, war, student

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